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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Editorial cartoon created by Moises Lopez

NO administrative leave for cops under investigation

Ifeoma Utom, Co-News Editor
March 15, 2024
Too many wrongful and fatal shootings of unarmed individuals are happening at the hands of police. While they are being investigated there should not be any paid leave until the report is concluded.
Adam Scotti

The ‘all white cops are bad’ narrative needs to stop

Joel Carpio and Samuel Carey
February 14, 2023
Anyone can be a bad police officer, there is no one singled out race that is deemed to all be bad cops.
Police officers at the event gave children the opportunity to allow them to ride the motorbike, as well as turn on the siren.

Downey’s Touch-A-Truck

Darryl Linardi, Staff Writer
May 19, 2022
Local community members and departments showcased a selection of vehicles for children to survey and learn about their city's helpers in Downey on Saturday.
Protesters showing their stand against racial injustice

We won’t be silenced until the police does better

Ebube Okoji, Staff Writer
February 15, 2022
About 1 in every 1000 Black men are at risk of being brutalized or abused by a police officer.
BLM organizer Tabatha Jones Jolivet speaks during a protest on March 8, 2021. She said BLM does not negotiate with any organization that represents "police power."

LA Police Protective League calls BLM’s demands “incredibly reckless”

Vincent Medina and Emily Melgar
March 11, 2021
LA Police Protective League calls Black Lives Matter’s demands for police abolition “incredibly reckless,” as the movement protests outside the league every Wednesday.
LAPD follow a peaceful Women's Day protest on March 8, 2021. Their presence aggravates the demonstrators and leads to a stand-off on Spring St.

LAPD disrupts peaceful Women’s Day protest

Vincent Medina, Community Editor
March 9, 2021
The LAPD interfered with a peaceful Women’s Day protest on March 8, as mothers of police brutality victims demanded the officers responsible be held accountable.
(From left to right) Sean Davis, Dr. Sheila Hill, Daniel Suarez, sign-language interpreter, Dr.  Chris Richardson, Student Trustee Johnny Wallace, Campus Police Chief Don Mueller and President Jose Fierro.  The panelist participated in Cerritos College Public Forum on Jan. 28. Black Lives Matter movement and campus police reform were the main topics of discussion.

Cerritos College police forum creates policy suggestions

Jacqueline Cochran and Vincent Medina
January 31, 2021
Cerritos College president and campus police chief say they stand with Black Lives Matter while continuing to have tough conversations about enacting change.
The Biden presidency presents opportunity for a bolder vision of the world. Inconvenience is necessary, if not mandatory.

Out with the old, in with the old: 2021 is the year for a change of pace

Sean Davis
January 14, 2021
Joe Biden's presidency presents opportunities for the bold. Can the young American left force the country to move in a better direction?

A man capable of abuse has no place in the police force

Kianna Znika
August 28, 2019

Here’s something to be said about cops:If the men in blue want to be seen and respected as the community’s protectors, they should first refrain from giving out badges, guns, and power to those...

Don't call the cops, get educated

Don’t call the cops, get educated

Tiara White, Staff Writer
October 29, 2018

Multiple social media trends have been made popular in 2018 but there is one specific trend that seems to be growing almost everyday. Women, predominantly white, calling the authorities on innocent...

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