Share: A Pasadena police car parked on campus might have instilled some fear into students on Tuesday afternoon. People might have thought a threat was ongoing, as others worried that drug dogs were roaming the school. While some minor tension grew for some, quite the opposite was happening during “Law Day” at Pasadena City College. Follow:
Former student accuses campus food exec, a sex offender, of inappropriate conduct
Share: Update 6/6/2018: In response to the comment from the California DOJ and Pasadena Police Department regarding requirements for Yu working on campus, Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing Alex Boekelheide told the Courier through email that the college is not aware of any such requirement regarding employees of independent companies that hold contracts with the college. Boekelheide also said that while the Alhambra Police Department stated that Yu registered the campus as his place of employment in their system, the college has no …
‘Stop The Genocide’: Locals protest Pasadena’s police brutality
Share: Last Saturday morning, local activist groups held a protest against police brutality with Pasadenans and Altadenans at a Mobil gas station in Altadena. The protest was sparked by the murder of Stephon Clark who was gunned down by police officers while in his own backyard. The groups that participated were the Pasadenans and Altadenans Against Police Violence, Refuse Fascism and other local activists. The protest was held at the same gas station that Christopher Ballew was beaten by Pasadena Police on Nov. 9, 2017. …
Former PCC student dead in apparent campus suicide
Share: UPDATE: 10/16/17 5:45 p.m. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office told the Courier that the decedent was 20 year-old Gordon Yu from Montebello. Follow:
Report faults Pasadena police in shooting of PCC student
Share: A judge ordered the release of a report last month by the Office of Independent Review Group that examined the 2012 fatal shooting of former PCC student Kendrec McDade by Pasadena police officers and faulted the department for failing to conduct an internal affairs investigation. McDade, who was unarmed at the time of his death, was shot seven times by officers Jeffrey Newlin and Matthew Griffin while fleeing the scene of an alleged theft. A 911 caller falsely reported that the 19 year old …
Police search for man who attacked two women on campus
A man described as “filthy” in appearance and sporting dreadlocks attacked two women on campus in front of the L-Building on May 15 around noon, according to a Campus Police. The man fled after being yelled at and pepper sprayed by a witness.