AND THE INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE, CARSON BULLETIN, WILMINGTON BEACON, THE CALIFORNIAN, THE WEEKENDER & EL MONTE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2018
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LOS ANGELES CIVIC LEADER
JOHN MACK
DIES AT 81
LOS ANGELES—Funeral services were pending Tuesday for Los Angeles civil-rights leader John Mack, as tributes poured in locally and nationally for a man hailed for improving the lives of people in disenfranchised communities and helping to reshape the direction of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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ACK, 81, died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to his family. Mack served as president of the Los Angeles Urban League from 1969 until his retirement in 2005, when he was named president of the Board of Police Commissioners of the Los Angeles Police Department. Mack also co-founded Los Angeles
Black Leadership Coalition on Education in 1977 and was later appointed vice president of the United Way Corporation of Council Executives. Mack received awards from numerous institutions, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Operation Hope, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the California Afro n Mack, see page 2
CA Advances Biggest U.S. Change to Police Use of Force By Sophia Bollag and Don Thompson SACRAMENTO (AP)— California would lead the U.S. in significantly changing the standard for when police can fire their weapons under legislation that cleared its first hurdle Tuesday after an emotionally charged debate over deadly shootings that have roiled the country. It's time to change a
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“reasonable force” standard that hasn't been updated in California since 1872, making it the nation's oldest unchanged use-of-force law, said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a San Diego Democrat who introduced the measure. “It must be guided by the goals of safeguarding human life,” she said. A state Senate committee advanced the legislation that would allow police to use deadly force only in situations where it is necessary to prevent imminent and serious injury or death to the officer or another person. Now, California's standard makes it rare for officers to be charged after a shooting and rarer still for them to be convicted. Frequently it's because of the doctrine of “reasonable fear”: if prosecutors or jurors believe that officers have a reason to fear for their safety, police can use deadly force. Law enforcement lobbyists said the stricter standard could make officers hesitant to approach suspects out of fear their actions could be secondguessed. Democrats on the committee acknowledged that officers have difficult and dangerous jobs but n Advances, see page 8
Trump Advises GOP: Quit Wasting Time On Immigration By Lisa Mascaro and Zeke Miller WASHINGTON (AP)—Just when House Republicans needed Donald Trump's backing the most—on their big immigration overhaul—he dashed off a presidential tweet saying they should quit wasting their time on it. The Friday tweet is hardly the first time the president has abandoned his allies in a moment of need. Over and over, Trump has proven himself a saboteur, willing to walk away from promises and blow up a deal, undermining the GOP agenda in Congress. “You just fear that tweet in the morning,” said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida. The retiring Republican said members of Congress can't help but think, “Oh no, how many policies will you undo by the day's end? Because the day's not over. Heck, it's not even noon yet. How many times could he change his mind?” On Capitol Hill on Friday, the mood was gloomy, particularly among the more centrist Republicans who have been pushing the party's immigration n Immigration, see page 7