1/ A timeline re @SDSheriff & @SanDiegoPD's response to violence at #SanDiego protests beginning in summer 2017
July 2 2017: An "Impeachment Rally" at the County Admin Bldg. is disrupted by #ProudBoys as @SDSheriff Deputies stand back and watch, doing nothing to separate people
July 2 2017: An "Impeachment Rally" at the County Admin Bldg. is disrupted by #ProudBoys as @SDSheriff Deputies stand back and watch, doing nothing to separate people
2/ Organizers meet w/@SDSheriff Gore to express concern over what appears to be gang violence
Response: it's not an "economic enterprise" so it's not considered "gang related."
Meanwhile: A group called "Bordertown Patriots" uses variation of @SDSheriff HQ address as their own
Response: it's not an "economic enterprise" so it's not considered "gang related."
Meanwhile: A group called "Bordertown Patriots" uses variation of @SDSheriff HQ address as their own
3/ Aug 12: Heather Heyer killed in Charlottesville
Complaint re:#ProudBoys filed with CLERB: Case 17-056. Witnesses at hearing note protesters are at increased risks of violence from #ProudBoys & others
Aug. 27: Proud Boys travel to Berkeley, are arrested for disorderly conduct
Complaint re:#ProudBoys filed with CLERB: Case 17-056. Witnesses at hearing note protesters are at increased risks of violence from #ProudBoys & others
Aug. 27: Proud Boys travel to Berkeley, are arrested for disorderly conduct
4/ Sept. 2017: In reaction to calls to remove Confederacy monuments, #ProudBoys threaten to damage murals at #ChicanoPark & promote a "pizza party" that requires police response
A Black man crossing the street is beaten, arrested and later dies in custody latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
A Black man crossing the street is beaten, arrested and later dies in custody latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
5/ Dec 9 2017: Ex-US Rep #DuncanHunter holds pro-#borderwall news conference
#ProudBoys w/US flags clash w/counter protesters as @SDSheriff deputies again stand by and observe
Sheriff #BillGore issues media statement: "There were no injuries."
Another CLERB complaint filed
#ProudBoys w/US flags clash w/counter protesters as @SDSheriff deputies again stand by and observe
Sheriff #BillGore issues media statement: "There were no injuries."
Another CLERB complaint filed
6/ June 25 2018: Nearly 1 year after Impeachment Rally the County Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) issues their findings on the complaints filed by witnesses re: #ProudBoy disruptions & violence.
Their findings are here: sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sd…
See excerpts below.
Their findings are here: sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sd…
See excerpts below.
7/ Re:prohibitions on objects that can be used as weapons & the failure of @SDSheriff deputies to stop #ProudBoys carrying sticks, the memo claims the policy applies to "banners" but not "flags"- raising questions re:the "Star Spangled Banner" references to the US flag.
8/ Note re:CLERB- Their Executive Director left shortly after these findings were issued.
Also: CLERB failed to complete investigations into several deaths in County jails, not for lack of merit, but due to lack of staff and/or ability to complete reviews in the required time
Also: CLERB failed to complete investigations into several deaths in County jails, not for lack of merit, but due to lack of staff and/or ability to complete reviews in the required time
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