Public Safety

They've defended its use for years, but now San Diego police will no longer use the carotid neck restraint hold. San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore says that's a mistake.

As people try to deal with the pain and anger triggered by the death of George Floyd, some are out protesting, others are responding with violence and some are turning to each other to share their feelings and find solidarity.

The family of a San Diego grandmother who was shot in the face by a law enforcement projectile, suffering severe injuries, during a weekend police protest in La Mesa, called Tuesday for the officer involved to be publicly identified, fired and charged with attempted murder.

The reorganization would allow more flexibility for, and accountability of, dependent fire and medical services in the county's unincorporated areas, Supervisor Jim Desmond said.

Amid protests seeking justice for a black man killed after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck, several people have lost their lives. They include a well-known and popular owner of a barbecue spot in Louisville, Kentucky and a federal officer working security at a courthouse in Oakland. Many of these deaths have gone unnoticed, overshadowed by the turmoil roiling American cities.

Police throughout California have arrested hundreds of protesters who refused to heed curfews in a crackdown following a weekend of violence that accompanied rage over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

A GoFundMe page for downtown business owners has raised nearly double its original goal.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he welcomed the rage of protesters as long as they are peaceful. Newsom denounced unnamed groups of anarchists and others who have used demonstrations to tag graffiti on buildings, burn banks, shatter store windows and run off with armloads of goods.

San Diego elected officials responded to the protests in San Diego County this weekend.

It's not academic for University of San Diego sociology professor Cid Martinez, who studies the relationship between urban poverty, policing and gun violence in California.