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Geronimo Pratt

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    [UPDATED with Legal Claim:] Family of Manuel Loggins Jr., Marine Sgt. Killed by Deputy, Plans Suit

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 8, 12:36 P.M.: As expected, the family of the late Manuel "Manny" Levi Loggins, Jr., a U.S. Marine sergeant who was gunned down by a sheriff's deputy near San Clemente High School last month, has filed a claim against the County of Orange, beginning a legal process that often leads ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    The Late Geronimo Pratt in OC

    ​Former LA-based Black Panther Party leader Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt died earlier today in Tanzania at the age of 63. He spent twenty-seven years of his life behind bars after being falsely convicted and imprisoned in 1972 for the earlier shooting death of schoolteacher Caroline Olson. Pratt, go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Ramona Ripston Retires as ACLU/SC Executive Director

    Ramona Ripston​Ramona Ripston, who has been executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 38 years, announced her retirement today."This organization has not only been my work but also my life for a long time, so a decision like this one certainly comes with m ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 17, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly

    Ramona Ripston​Ramona Ripston, who has been executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 38 years, announced her retirement today."This organization has not only been my work but also my life for a long time, so a decision like this one certainly comes with m ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Forty Years Later, the Clash Between the Black Panthers and Santa Ana P.D. Still Influences OC Life

    Ramona Ripston​Ramona Ripston, who has been executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 38 years, announced her retirement today."This organization has not only been my work but also my life for a long time, so a decision like this one certainly comes with m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Johnnie Cochran is Back to Right Another Alleged Injustice...Check That, It's His Law Firm

    Years after the glove didn't fit and we had to acquit, countless Larry King Live appearances and actor Phil Morris' career zenith with the Seinfeld Jackie Chiles parody, Johnnie Cochran Jr. is coming back to Orange County to right an alleged racial injustice. OK, so Mr. Cochran departed for tha ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    I, Cardenas

    More evidence that Orange County justice is just plain scary

  • Columns

    December 16, 1999

    The New New World Order

    Legal demonstrators, the Idiot Party and Arthur Carmona

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