Santa Ana Residents Vent Anger Over Gang Injunction

YVETTE CABRERA (Voice of OC) | August 20, 2014

Santa Ana injunctionSanta Ana residents, upset and frustrated with what they described as police mistreatment and abuse of authority in the Townsend Street neighborhood and beyond, lashed out at Santa Ana Police Chief Carlos Rojas Tuesday night at a community forum to discuss a recently approved preliminary injunction against the Townsend Street gang.

The forum, attended by more than 100 people, was civil, but fraught with tension as residents described incidents where police mistreated suspects, tailed witnesses, and threatened to report arrestees to immigration authorities.

Among those who spoke out was city resident Miriam Grajales, who told Rojas that she witnessed an incident of police brutality and was subsequently followed and tailed by police officers.

“I’ve been harassed by the police and I’ve been treated as a criminal, and I was just a witness,” Grajales told Rojas.

Read more at: http://www.voiceofoc.org/oc_central/article_3fb727d6-2898-11e4-a9d9-0019bb2963f4.html

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