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Kendrec McDade Shooting: Pasadena City Council Disagrees Over Controversial OIR Report ed the fatal shooting by police officers in 2012 and the police department’s internal investigation of the incident. It faulted the department for not conducting a proper administrative investigation of the shooting and criticized
officers’ tactics. The report also listed 26 recommendations for reform of the department's policy. At a six-hour long city council meeting, city council members probed Gennaco and Miller, along with
Pasadena Police Chief Philip Sanchez, about what was stated in the report and about the police department’s internal investigation of the incident. The OIR reSEE PAGE 16
Tyron Hampton.
Tryon Hampton and Steve Madison Duke it Out The Pasadena City Council appeared to be divided over a report by the Office of Independent Review Group (OIR) about a
police-involved shooting that took the life of Kendrec McDade, an unarmed black man, in 2012. On Monday, the council held a special joint meeting with the Public Safety Committee to have a discussion about the re-
port and the recommendations made by Robert Miller and Michael Gennaco, the authors of the independent review. The redacted report, which was recently made public last month, investigat-
International Human Rights Day with Vice Mayor Gene Masuda and the United Nations Association, Pasadena Chapter, for the 67th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 10, 2015, at the Pasadena Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St. Every year, Pasadena joins communities around the world to celebrate the Universal Declaration of Hu-
man Rights adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on Dec. 10, 1948. This year’s celebration features speakers, film, art and special exhibitors in keeping with
BY J. SHADÉ QUINTANILLA
Celebrate 67th Anniversary of Human Rights Declaration
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Steve Madison.
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Wanted Firefighter Shoots Bounty Hunters and Self The search for a wanted Los Angeles County firefighter came to an end this past week as he shot at bounty hunters before turning the gun on himself, according to the Riverside Sheriff’s Department.
Richard Loken, 38, was wanted on a $60,000 warrant after failing to appear in court earlier this month. Loken was charged with assaulting a woman in El Monte, among other charges. Riverside County Sher-
iff’s Department said officers found Loken dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a hotel room. Officers from the Moreno Valley Police Department SEE PAGE 4