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May 7, 2013
Anaheim Community Forum Focuses on the Aftermath of Social Unrest
As the one-year anniversary of the officer-involved killingof 25-year-old Manuel Diaz in July approaches, Anaheimers filed into St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church last night to see what, if anything, has changed in the city. The East Street Community Renewal Initiative (ESCRI)--a project of former c ... More >>
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April 1, 2013
John Welter, Controversial Anaheim Police Chief, Retires
Another non-April Fool's announcement that begged a rubbing of the eyes: Anaheim Police Chief John Welter announced his retirement today. His 42-year career in law enforcement will come to an end effective May 16, 2013. Before taking over for Chief Roger Baker in Anaheim nine years ago, Welter spent ... More >>
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March 23, 2013
Manuel Diaz Shooting: Case Closed?
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait met with representatives from the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation last summer regarding the incidents of July 21, 2012. Now that the Orange County District Attorney's office has completed and released its investigative letter clearing An ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
Lawyers for the Family of Manuel Diaz Call OCDA Report 'Biased and Inaccurate,' Immediate Protest is Planned
A protest by the family of 25-year-old Manuel Diaz has been scheduled in the aftermath of Anaheim police officer Nick Bennallack being found to have acted in a "reasonable and justified" manner when he fired two bullets ending the man's life on the lawn of an enclosed Anna Drive apartment complex. T ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
Anaheim Police Association President: We Told You Manuel Diaz Killing Was Justified
The president of the Anaheim Police Association (APA) has issued a statement in support of Wednesday's announcement by the Orange County District Attorney that there will be no criminal charges against an officer who shot and killed an unarmed gang member in July 2012."We are very pleased that our o ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
ACLU: Anaheim Needs Civilian Review Board of Police Conduct
Noting 37 Anaheim officer-involved shootings in the past decade, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California is urging the Anaheim City Council to establish a civilian review board to improve public confidence that cheating cops enjoy less of a chance that their conduct will be covered up by sympathe ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
Manuel Diaz's Mother Announces Evening Vigil at Anna Drive During Morning Protest Demanding Justice
Less than 24 hours after the Orange County District Attorney's office ruled the Anaheim police killing of Manuel Diaz justified, family members and about 20 other supporters protested outside the Orange County Superior Courthouse in Santa Ana this morning. Joining them were the mother and father of ... More >>
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March 20, 2013
BREAKING: OC DA Rules Killing of Manuel Diaz by Anaheim Police Last Year Justified
Gabriel San Román is at a press conference right now by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackackaus in which the DA has ruled that last year's killing of Manuel Angel Diaz by the Anaheim Police Department was justified. "It is our legal opinion that the evidence does not support a finding of ... More >>
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March 19, 2013
Anaheim PD Paid Extra $5,000 to OC Human Relations Commission for Anaheim Anna Drive Work...at Suggestion of Commission
Nice work if you can get it: in September of last year, OC Human Relations CEO/Executive Director Rusty Kennedy wrote an email to Anaheim Police Department Chief John Welter about invoicing their Police Community Reconciliation Program for the year to the previously agreed-upon amount of $5,000. ... More >>
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March 6, 2013
Did OC Human Relations Breach an Anaheim Community's Trust During Last Summer's Unrest?
Anaheim's city manager has yet to propose a model for a civilian review board, a task the council unanimously directed him to do in January, but the very idea has already caused political tensions to arise from the police union. In his staff report, Bob Wigenroth strongly favored the possibilit ... More >>
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March 2, 2013
Anaheim "Tone Setters" Brace for DA Report, Prepare for Possible Riots
It's been just over seven months since a weekend of fatal back-to-back officer-involved shootings took place in Anaheim, igniting long-simmering tensions between the police and the city's poorer areas. The Orange County District Attorney's office is still conducting its investigation into both incid ... More >>
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January 25, 2013
Beyond Anna Drive: A Look Inside Another Neighborhood of Neglect in Anaheim
Iron gates section off a number of apartments in the largely immigrant Latino community near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Crescent Avenue in Anaheim. Unlike Anna Drive, which has recently come under a new gang injunction in the city, none of them are affixed with an altar keeping the me ... More >>
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January 17, 2013
Newly Announced Anaheim Gang Injunction Includes Anna Drive Neighborhood
The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) secured its 12th overall injunction yesterday when it serviced an unnamed violent Anaheim street gang. The measure marks the fourth in the city alone and will be enforced by its police department. A one-square mile area designates the boundaries of ... More >>
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January 8, 2013
Surprise, Surprise, Part 2: OC DA Rules Another Anaheim Police Shooting Death Justified
The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) has concluded there is to be no "criminal culpability" in the fatal officer-involved shooting of 21-year-old Martin Angel Hernandez on March 6, 2012 in Anaheim, and that "there is substantial evidence" that the officer involved "acted reasonably under the ... More >>
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January 4, 2013
Lawyer: Anaheim Residents Are More Afraid of Police Than Gangsters; Demands City Release Evidence in Cop Killing of Manuel Diaz
Worried the City of Anaheim and local prosecutors are acting in collusion to protect a cop who fatally shot an unarmed Latino man in the back of head in July, lawyers for the estate of Manuel Diaz are hoping a federal judge on Monday will order the government to stop delaying document discovery in a ... More >>
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December 3, 2012
United Survivors of Anaheim March on Anna Drive
With storm clouds looming overhead, about fifty people gathered at the corner of Anna Drive and La Palma Avenue in Anaheim for a rally and march in memory of Manuel Diaz on Sunday. It was the latest action marking a shift in strategy for family members and activists organizing in the wake of the cit ... More >>
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October 25, 2012
Protest to be Held Outside OC District Attorney's Office Over OC's Killer Cops
The focus of controversial officer-involved shootings in Anaheim will turn to the Santa Ana office of the Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus tomorrow morning. Family members who have lost loved ones will hold a demonstration at 9 a.m. asking supporters to join in the effort."We've been ... More >>
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October 17, 2012
Anaheim City Council Candidates Forum Takes Place on Anna Drive
Over the course of two hours, candidates vying for two open seats on the Anaheim city council fielded questions Tuesday evening from residents of Anna Drive, the neighborhood where an officer-involved shooting claimed the life of unarmed 25-year old Manuel Diaz earlier this summer. The killing and t ... More >>
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October 12, 2012
Families Affected by Officer-Involved Shootings Host Community Event in Anaheim
After the police killings and riots in Anaheim this past summer, Theresa Smith wanted one day for the city of Anaheim to get together for a day of peace and healing. After taking her request to the Anaheim City Council for a community event during a public comment session on Aug. 8, fellow com ... More >>
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September 26, 2012
Jason Bitz, Killed by Off-Duty Santa Ana Police Officer, is Latest Martyr for Cop Shooting Foes
It's getting so you can't keep those recently killed by Orange County cops straight without a scorecard. Most attention has gone to Kelly Thomas in Fullerton and Manuel Diaz and Joel Mathew Acevedo in Anaheim, so you'll be forgiven if you forgot about 23-year-old Jason Bitz, who was shot dead by an ... More >>
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September 5, 2012
Anaheim Officers Involved in Pair of Fatal July Shootings are Back on the Job
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesBoth the Anaheim police officer who shot and killed 25 year-old Manuel Diaz on July 21 and the other who killed 21 year-old Joel Acevedo the very next day on July 22 are no longer on paid administrative leave. The two back-to-back officer-involved s ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
Jaime Segall-Gutierrez, Wackjob Pendejo Lawyer, Comes to Anaheim to Sue City, Pretend to Care About Injustice
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesBoy, did I just laugh like as if I heard a Jeffrey Ross roast--just this morning, Whittier attorney Jaime Segall-Gutierrez held a press conference in front of Anaheim City Hall announcing he was going to sue on behalf of Victor Gonzalez and Jesus Re ... More >>
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August 30, 2012
Lawyer: Anaheim Police Beat Up My Client After He Vomited On Them, Took Cell-Phone from Victim's Mother
Anaheim's long, hot summer continues... A cell phone video posted to YouTube that has gone viral showing a man punched numerous times with his head while being restrained has been verified as happening in Anaheim, and a federal lawsuit against officers and the Anaheim Police Department is fort ... More >>
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August 28, 2012
"Peace and Dignity" Run Arrives in Anaheim
On Aug. 27, about 20 runners with Latin American indigenous group Peace and Dignity Journeys made their way from Long Beach to the La Colonia neighborhood in Anaheim, making a brief stop on the Anna Drive where the police shooting of Manuel Diaz set off several days of civil unrest through ... More >>
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August 23, 2012
Joshua Rich, Arrested Anaheim Protester, Sued Police for Alleged Beating in 2005
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesOn July 24, Joshua Rich was the first demonstrator arrested outside of Anaheim City Hall during a protest against the police shootings of Manuel Diaz and Joel Acevedo. The 37-year-old Anaheim resident was the demonstrator rumored to h ... More >>
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August 12, 2012
Anaheim PD's Confidential Action Plan for July 29 Protests: Have Undercover Cops, Feed Tired Officers with Fancy Food, and Let the City Burn
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting and subsequent desmadre archivesLike the good Boy Scouts they are, Anaheim cops were über-prepared two weeks ago when protesters, angered by the officer-involved shooting deaths of Manuel Diaz and Joel Acevedo, announced they would demand justice on July 2 ... More >>
News
August 9, 2012
Anaheim's 'Outside Agitators'?
The revolution will have to start without the residents at the riots' epicenter
Blogs
August 9, 2012
Anaheim City Council Meeting Held in Auditorium, Sees Large Turnout
Dozens of Anaheim residents outraged by the recent spate of officer involved shootings focused their anger addressing the city council again last night. A phalanx of news vans was parked on Lincoln Avenue as hundreds of people gathered in the massive auditorium at Anaheim High School. The location w ... More >>
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August 6, 2012
[UPDATED w/ Money Donated] Lalo Alcaraz Launches T-Shirt Fundraiser for Families of Anaheim Police Shooting Victims
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesUPDATE, AUG 6 5:05 P.M.: As the funeral for Joel Acevedo took place earlier this morning at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, La Cucaracha cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz made good on his t-shirt fundraising goal. Reaching over a thousand dollars in one week' ... More >>
News
August 2, 2012
The Little People's Park Riot of 1978
The scene that set the stage for Anaheim Latinos' eternal mistrust of police
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Residents Speak at Emergency Anaheim City Council Meeting
Today, a small group of Anaheim residents addressed an emergency meeting of the city council before public officials went behind closed doors to discuss, among other things, a recent lawsuit brought against the city by the ACLU. The suit filed in June alleges the city's majority Latino population is ... More >>
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August 1, 2012
The Unlikeliest Great Mayor in OC: Anaheim's Tom Tait
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesEveryone figured that Tom Tait was just going to be Curt Pringle's puppet when the former replaced the latter as Anaheim's mayor in 2002. He certainly fit the right profile: a Republican, and not just any Reep but from the family that officially kep ... More >>
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August 1, 2012
What Next, Anaheim?
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesLess than two weeks after Anaheim police shot and killed unarmed 24-year-old Manuel Diaz, it's starting to look (from the outside at least) as if the resulting wave of civic anger unleashed on the neighborhoods north of Disneyland has subsided. Whil ... More >>
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July 30, 2012
[UPDATED w/ Photos of Cameras] Sister of Martin Hernandez Says DA Office Told Her Mother There's No Surveillance Footage of Fatal Shooting
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesUPDATE, JULY 27, 2:37 P.M.: The fatal officer-involved shooting in an alley that ended the life of Martin Angel Hernandez earlier this year provoked differing accounts from the community and the Anaheim Police Department simmering tensions tha ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2012
Us and Them: the Embattled Residents of Anaheim's Flatlands
Across La Palma Avenue, near the site where Anaheim police shot unarmed resident Manuel Diaz last Saturday, a group of young women holding signs yelled at passing drivers, directing them to a car wash to help raise money for the slain man's funeral. Behind a strip mall, a group of young men hosed an ... More >>
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July 27, 2012
More Protests Planned for Weekend in Response to Anaheim Police Shootings and Riots
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesIn the wake of the two officer-involved shootings last weekend and subsequent protests turning into civil unrest, multiple protests are planned for this coming weekend.On Saturday, two different groups are planning protests in front of Disneyland.&n ... More >>
News
July 26, 2012
Anaheim's Tragic Kingdom
Two officer-involved killings ignite the city's long, hot summer that has been years in the making
Blogs
July 26, 2012
Theresa Smith, Mother of Caesar Cruz Shot by Anaheim Police in 2009, Speaks Out About Riots
Theresa Smith has been peacefully demonstrating outside of the Anaheim Police Department ever since her son, 35-year-old father of five Caesar Cruz, was shot by Anaheim Police on Dec. 11, 2009. Since the weekend, the city has seen protests and civil unrest as residents have taken to the streets ... More >>
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July 25, 2012
Dispatch from Anaheim's Fourth Night of Rage
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesLast night's riots, which erupted around Anaheim Boulevard and Broadway, saw protesters, enraged by the recent police-involved shootings of two residents, smashing windows, setting structural fires and throwing bottles and other objects at cops. The ... More >>
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July 24, 2012
Family, Friends and Supporters Hold Candlelight Vigil for Slain Anaheim Man
Last night, approximately a hundred Anaheim residents held a candle light vigil for Manuel Diaz, who was killed Saturday by police. Gathering near the intersection of La Palma Avenue and Anna Street, where the unarmed 25-year-old was shot in the head, and joined by Diaz's mother, the ... More >>
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July 24, 2012
Democracy Now! Covers Anaheim Police-Shooting/Brutality Controversy
With Theresa Smith (mother of Caesar Cruz, gunned down by Anaheim police in 2009) and our very own Gustavo Arellano as guests, Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! dedicated a lengthy segment this morning on Anaheim's weekend of outrage following the officer-involved killings of two Latino men, Manue ... More >>
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July 23, 2012
[UPDATE: PHOTO OF BODY WITH GUN] Anaheim Police Department Kill Another Man After Day of Protests
Updated, with info at the end of this post.WATCH VIDEO OF IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF ANAHEIM POLICE SHOOTING MANUEL DIAZ TO DEATH HERE.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 23, 12:32 A.M.: A source is telling OC Weekly five shots were heard as another man was shot by police and believed to be dead. A resident of the neig ... More >>
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July 23, 2012
Bruises, Burning Dumpsters, and More: Photos from Yesterday's Anaheim Protests Against Killings by Police
Previous stories on Anaheim police shootings:"He's Still Alive!" Video Emerges of Immediate Aftermath of Anaheim Police Killing of Manuel DiazAnaheim Police Department Kill Another Man After Day of ProtestsAnaheim Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Crowd After Officer-Involved ShootingLast night's protes ... More >>
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July 23, 2012
Presente, National Latino Political Advocacy Group, Demands Full State Attorney General Investigation of Anaheim Police Department
The disturbing images of police repression from Saturday's standoff in Anaheim following the police killing of Manuel Diaz have gone viral, making international headlines. After a weekend of fatal officer-involved shootings and days of social unrest in the city, the national Latino political organiz ... More >>
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July 23, 2012
Phil Aguilar, Set Free Soldiers, To Hold Car Wash For Cop Shooting Victim Manuel Diaz
A carwash will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. on Anna Street near the site where 25-year-old Manuel Diaz was shot by Anaheim police officers. Proceeds from the event will go toward paying for the costs associated with his funeral."Everybody's welcome," said Pastor Phil Aguilar. "We're going to help the ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2012
"He's Still Alive!" Videos Emerges of Immediate Aftermath of Anaheim Police Killing of Manuel Diaz
The Weekly has obtained a video recorded in the immediate moments following the Anaheim Police Department shooting to death unarmed Manuel Diaz. The source (who requested anonymity) was on the scene, and audio from the video confirms what eyewitness accounts have confirmed but which police refuse to ... More >>

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