Schmidt’s letter to DA

ChicoSol contributor included in “Sketching Climate Stories” series

As ChicoSol contributor Guillermo Mash covered the #RiseforClimate march in San Francisco on Sept. 8, he was sketched by artist Oliver Hoeller, and the sketch is included in a series published in the Sept. 12 San Francisco Chronicle. Video by Guillermo Mash

Help Track Hate —- Reporte Crimen de Odio

If you’ve been a victim or witness to a hate crime or bias incident, click here to report incident in English.

Si ha sido víctima o testigo de un incidente de odio o discriminación, presione aquí para reportar el incidente en español.

Officer-involved fatal shootings in Butte County, 2017-18, and agency involved

March 17, 2017 Desmond Phillips, 25 (Chico PD)

July 23, 2017 Tyler Rushing, 34 (Chico PD)

Aug. 17, 2017 Mark Jensen, 56 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

April 7, 2018 Larry Siordia, 33 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

April 26, 2018 Myra Micalizio, 56 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

Reader’s Voice (Kat Lee)

Hands Up, Don't Shoot

"Hands up, don’t shoot" has become the national anthem for people of color living in White America. And live streaming those encounters is the only sense of false protection one has when confronted by an army of KKKops with guns drawn ready to shoot to kill.

The Phillips family has been repeatedly harassed and disrespected by Chico Police Department since the murder of Desmond on March 17, 2017. On Sunday, June 24, 2018 a live video uploaded via Facebook of David Phillips harassed by Chico Police Department has reached over 40,000 viewers.

Read more by Kat Lee here.

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