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Civil Rights and Social Justice

June 6, 2020

In more than a week of civil unrest since the killing of George Floyd, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has been at the helm of a massive police response, which has included the controversial firing of foam bullets and


June 5, 2020

LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) sent a letter to the President of the Los Angeles Police Commission urging her to investigate instances that appear to show uniformed LAPD officers physically assaulting people gathering to protest police violence.


June 2, 2020

An Army helicopter on Monday descended near Washington rooftops in a counterinsurgency maneuver intended to disperse protesters after the city's curfew went into effect.


June 1, 2020

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in response to the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests.


May 15, 2020

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D – Los Angeles County) introduced the Prevent Evictions Act to address the eviction crisis by supporting cost-effective solutions to keep families in their homes.


May 14, 2020

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sent a letter to inspector General Mike Horowitz calling for an investigation into the Justice Department and BOP's inadequate and discriminatory response to the Covid-19 outbreaks at our prisons.


May 11, 2020

Donald Trump abruptly halted a press conference on Monday after being challenged by an Asian American reporter whom he told: "Don't ask me. Ask China."


May 7, 2020

US elected officials and civil rights leaders are encouraging the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to speak out against acts of racism happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.


May 6, 2020

A 58-year-old man became the sixth Terminal Island inmate to test positive for COVID-19 and then die as the prison continues to get pummled by the virus.

Eduardo Robles-Holguin originally had been convicted of illegally reentering the United States and died in a hospital on Monday, May 4.