How confident can we be that police departments do a fair and adequate job of investigating deadly encounters between their officers and the public? How confident can we be that district attorneys and grand juries act impartially when deciding whether to charge officers with crimes?
Over $20 Million Awarded Statewide
SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) announced that a combined total of $131,500 in tax credits were awarded to Pikios Auto LLC (Midtown Autoworks), Carrazco & Associates, and Brian Boyd Wealth Management and Insurance Sales, all located in Sacramento. With the support of these tax credits, these businesses will add a combined total of ten additional full time employees in Assembly District 7 through the California Competes Tax Credit program.
“Sacramento, although having better recent job growth than the national numbers, still has a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the nation,” said Assemblymember McCarty. “Programs like California Competes help improve Sacramento’s economy by allowing more businesses to hire our neighbors who are out of work.”
On Sunday, this newspaper provided an editorial addressing this thorny dilemma (“When the police are investigated”). Its intent was not to provide an answer but simply to promote dialogue and healthy debate.
Well, here goes. I concede the question is straightforward, but the answer may be less elusive, if we have an end result in mind.
After a year in which the use of lethal force by police officers spurred nationwide protests and bared outrage about the intersection of race and law enforcement in America, California legislators have returned to Sacramento determined to pass laws blunting police violence.
