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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5, 2014
VOLUME 2, NO. 43
SWAT Officer dies after being shot serving warrant in San Gabriel
A Pomona police SWAT officer shot in the back of the head while serving a search warrant in San Gabriel has died, Pomona Police Chief Paul J. Capraro said Tuesday eveing. “It is with a heavy heart that we must deliver the news that early this morning Pomona police SWAT Officer Shaun Diamond had succumbed to his injuries,” the Pomona Police Department said in a statement Wednesday. Diamond, 45, was hospitalized early Tuesday morning and listed in very critical condition at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena after authorities said he was shot by 36-year-old David Martinez during a predawn search warrant operation that was part of a investigation
into a motorcycle gang. Martinez, who remains in custody, is due in court Thursday. Diamond was a 16-year law enforcement veteran, having also served with the
LAPD and Montebello police. He joined the Pomona police in 2006 and was a member of the SWAT team since 2008. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. at a home in
the 100 block of San Marino Drive in San Gabriel, the Pomona Police Department said. Officers made entry into the home and were imPlease see page 4
Biggest 2 Days in Horse Racing this Friday and Saturday in Arcadia
RACE-BASED LOCKDOWNS IN CALIFORNIA PRISONS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BY TERRY MILLER
BY JENNIFER SCHLUETER
The 2014 Breeders’ Cup will feature the best racehorses in the world competing in a variety of age groups, surfaces and distances starting Friday and finishing on Saturday, Nov 1. With familiar names
from the Triple Crown season as well as most of the sport’s premier fillies, racing fans will have their fill over the 13 races during the two-day spectacular. Please see page 4
In 2006, African American inmates of the California High Desert State Prison had been locked down for 14 months deprived from outdoor exercise, rehabilitation programs, and prison jobs after two guards had been attacked by prisoners. The lockdown was solely based on race and unjustly included inmates who didn’t take part in the incident. According to the Los Angeles Times, another incident concerning a “riot between northern and southern Mexican gangs at Pelican Bay State Prison, resulted in a three-year lockdown” during which prisoners “were denied family visits, issued housing and work assignments and assigned outdoor exercise times all based on race.” Because some gangs are associated with a
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certain race, these lockdowns happen. Lawyer Rebekah Evenson told CBS that out of 600 annual lockdowns in California prisons, 200 are based on race. No other state has such race-based policies, reported the Times. Prison officials claim these lockdowns are safety measures, so that they can conduct investigations after violent occasions. Following the incident at the California High Desert State Prison, lawyers for inmates filed a civil rights lawsuit against the unfair lockdown. Out of the resulting settlement, last Wednesday’s decision of California officials to end these lockdowns came forth and ruled them to be unconstitutional because they violate the equal protection granted by the 14th Amendment.
$1 Business License may be in Pasadena's future New high tech and other small startup businesses coming to Pasadena may qualify for a reduced business license fee of only $1 for the first year under plans given initial approval on October 20 by the Pasadena City Council. The Council approved the idea of friendly business license fees for startups and voted to have staff
bring formal change to the City’s schedule of fees and taxes. The change is expected to take effect on Jan. 1, 2015. Under the plans approved by the Council, the cost of a business license for qualified businesses would be $1 for the first year, and then revert back Please see page 5
A Salute to Veterans November 11 at Pasadena Senior Center Every year Pasadena says “Thank you!” to America’s veterans, salutes their service, honors their sacrifices, and promises their dedication to our nation will never be forgotten. The free, annual Veterans Day commemoration at Centennial Square in front of Pasadena City Hall will begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, Please see page 5