Commentary: ICE can't be trusted. Can California force accountability?

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Before Minneapolis was left to mourn the death of Renee Good, there was George Floyd.Same town, same sorrow, same questions — what becomes of society when you can’t trust the authorities? What do you do when the people tasked with upholding the law break the rules, lie and even kill? California is pushing to answer that question, with laws and legislation meant to combat what is increasingly a rogue federal police force that is seemingly acting, too often violently, without restraint.

That’s putting it in the most neutral, least inflammatory terms.“California has a solemn responsibility to lead and to use every lever of power that we have to protect our residents, to fight back against this administration and their violations of the law, and to set an example for other states about what is possible,” said state Sen.

Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco).This month, California became the first state in the nation to ban masks on law enforcement officers with the No Secret Police Act, which Wiener wrote.

The federal government quickly tied that new rule up in court, with the first hearing scheduled Wednesday in Los Angeles.Now, Wiener and others are pushing for more curbs.

A measure by state Assemblyman Isaac G.Bryan (D-Los Angeles) would ban our state and local officers from moonlighting for the feds — something they are currently allowed to do, though it is unclear how many take advantage of that loophole.

California A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.“Their tactics have been shameful,” Bryan recently said of immigration enforcement.He pointed out that when our local cops mask up and do immigration work after hours, it leads to a serious lack of trust in ...