Report: Santa Rosa Police Violated Human Rights During Protests (Bohemian)

Karen Clemmer 7/15/206:45 AM

By Will Carruthers, July 14, 2020, Bohemian.

Report frames protests within county's history of racism

A 40-page report published by a Sonoma County commission this week offers the most comprehensive account so far of how police handled local racial justice protests in May and June.

At a meeting Friday, July 10, the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rightsvoted to publish and distribute a report titled “Human Right Violations in Santa Rosa California - Policing the Black Lives Matter Protests.”

In addition to detailing numerous alleged human rights violations by law enforcement officials during the recent protests, the report—which is available at the bottom of this article—summarizes several high-profile police-involved deaths and other incidents dating back to the 2000 publication of a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report titled “Community Concerns About Law Enforcement in Sonoma County.”

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