On June 29, 2019, Rialto police officer Michael Babineaux shot 29-year-old African American Lawrence Ray Bender in the shoulder and hand. Mr. Bender has remained in the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department Rancho Cucamonga jail pending trial in October. Considering historical disparities regarding the police use of force, there is growing sentiment that the shooting of […]

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