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Police brutality

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Anatomy of a Border Patrol Arrest

by José Abonce November 20, 2025December 1, 2025

Ricardo Cruz, a nineteen-year-old U.S. citizen, said he was trying to warn neighbors about immigration agents when CBP officers boxed him in, pulled him from his truck, pepper-sprayed him, and held him for hours.

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City Council Sheds Fur Ban

by Jim Daley March 13, 2025March 14, 2025
An official CPD photo of Chief Larry Snelling, wearing dress blue uniform with tie and cap. Snelling's face has been replaced with documents from compliant files from his career as an officer.
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Larry Snelling Garnered Multiple Use-of-Force Complaints in the 1990s

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