When Police Violence is a Dog Bite

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An Alabama man killed by a K-9 officer was one of thousands of Americans bitten by police dogs every year. Few ever get justice.   By ABBIE VANSICKLE, CHALLEN STEPHENS, RYAN MARTIN, DANA BROZOST-KELLEHER AND ANDREW FAN 10.02.2020 The tiny pink house was pretty much empty. And run-down and dark, since the electricity had been shut…

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In Stockton, a Powerful Program to Prevent Violence

A group of four men stand outdoors on a residential street. Three younger men, two in masks, are standing together as an older man in a black jacket speaks to them. They are near a black car with a CVS bag on the ground. Trees and houses provide the backdrop. It’s like a scene from Berkeley Journalism unfolding in real life.

July 27, 2020 Julian Balderama’s daily mission, stated starkly, is to keep a dozen boys and young men in Stockton alive and out of jail. His official job title is “Neighborhood Change Associate” for a violence-prevention program called Advance Peace. But on the streets, Mr. Balderama is what is known as an “interrupter” — he…

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‘My Mom Is Beyond a Superwoman’: Mother’s Day While Locked Up

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Pedro Archuleta and his mother, Connie Archuleta, have gotten closer since Pedro’s incarceration in 2002. But the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow of worry over both of them. Connie worries about conditions inside the California Institution for Men in Chino, where Pedro, who also has a respiratory illness called Valley fever, is locked up.…

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Medically vulnerable migrants plea for release from detention

A woman in a blue dress stands at a podium with a microphone, gesturing with her left hand. She is outside the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center, which is visible in the background. A container of various supplies is placed on the ground next to her, as Berkeley Journalism students capture the moment.

April 30, 2020 When Ernesto Salazar arrived at the US-Mexico border, he felt a feeling he hadn’t felt in a while: hope. He finally could live openly as a gay man with his partner. He says he was sexually assaulted by gang members in his home country of El Salvador for being gay and later…

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