September 2014 Blog Posts (19)

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

One of the most poignant moments in Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.’s six year tenure heading the Justice Department came in February 2009 barely a month after he had been confirmed as Attorney General. He told…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The clamor for police departments to fully outfit all their officers with body cameras was loud long before Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson gunned down Michael Brown.  But when Wilson shot Brown, some said that if he had been wearing a…

September 21, 2014 

A Shocker?…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A little over a year ago the debate was fierce over whether Florida state prosecutor Angela "tough on Crime" Corey assigned to prosecute George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin would dump the case. There was good reason for the debate.  Zimmerman was not…

Tell a Friend About The Petition…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Oklahoma City Police officer Daniel Ken Holtzclaw has been hit with a 16 count indictment on charges of first degree rape, sexual battery, indecent exposure, stalking, forcible oral sodomy and…

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 Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Thursday, September 4 challenged UCLA Peace Officers Assn. President Jeffrey Chobanian  to publicly release the UCLA campus police videotape which he claims proves the stop of Claudius E. Gaines III was a lawful stop and that Gaines was not the target of racial profiling as he charges. Hutchinson invited Chobanian to screen the tape at a community forum where …