NEW: Corshelle Jenkins was falsely charged with a crime + a warrant issued for her arrest. It was clear mistaken identity but a judge said there were no available lawyers for her. The charge would stay + she had no way to fight it
She's 1 of 1000s in Oregon trapped in criminal cases without lawyers
www.theguardian.com
An attorney shortage has left thousands trapped in criminal cases without lawyers. One wrongfully accused woman had no choice but to wait
NEW: ICE violently arrested a US citizen, filmed high-res videos of the operation + made viral social media content out of him
Christian Cerna, LA native, speaks out about his arrest at gunpoint while driving his baby + toddler and the turmoil in his life that followed
"They tried to humiliate me"
California residents are now being sent to prison for shoplifting.
In the first year of Prop 36, shoplifters have been charged with felonies + imprisoned for stealing diapers, hygiene supplies, a $13 belt, groceries and soda.
DAs filed 15,000+ felonies for thefts previously treated as misdemeanors
NEW: We obtained bodycam footage showing ICE violently arresting farm workers in Oregon and using a facial recognition app to try to ID them.
The officers later admitted they had no warrants and no idea who the people were when they stopped them.
Four of the workers were later deported.
NEW: Law enforcement + city officials across the US have privately worried ICE operations are interfering with police work + public safety
Internal memos reveal growing concerns people might misidentify local cops as ICE. Records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org, shared with @us.theguardian.com
ICE pulled over a man in Patterson, CA + shot him 6 times, hitting his face. ICE now says he is part of a gang in LA – a city he has no connection to.
Carlos Mendoza Hernandez, 36, now in ICU, says he's "never ever been in a gang" + was shot without justification www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
DOJ prosecutes a California man who was shot in the face by ICE agents
DOJ/DHS say Carlos, 36, "assaulted" officers with his car, but video doesn't show his car hitting officers + officials haven't claimed an agent was injured. FBI's complaint says it has "not been able" to interview key ICE agents
Exclusive: DHS made social media posts out of a protester’s arrest at gunpoint. Christian Cerna speaks out about the lengthy prosecution that derailed his life
This is probably the best story I have read on Oregon's public defense crisis. People don't realize how much the laggard bureaucracy around this grinds up the people actually caught in the system.
Under oath, ICE agents in Oregon revealed:
-quota of eight arrests a day per team, equaling roughly 50 arrests a day in OR
-agents use a special app to choose areas + ppl to surveil
-agents have followed, stopped + arrested ppl without probable cause, warrants or basic info about their targets.
NEW: California DAs have charged nearly 20,000 people with drug possession *felonies* under Prop 36, a new tough-on-crime law.
Despite promises for "mass treatment," only 57 of those people have successfully gone into treatment + had their cases dismissed in the first year. Others face prison time.
Ryan Haas
Exclusive: Drug users face felonies and prison under Prop 36, with analysis showing racial disparities and little help
NEW: Corshelle Jenkins was falsely charged with a crime + a warrant issued for her arrest. It was clear mistaken identity but a judge said there were no available lawyers for her. The charge would stay + she had no way to fight it
She's 1 of 1000s in Oregon trapped in criminal cases without lawyers
Sam Levin
www.theguardian.com
An attorney shortage has left thousands trapped in criminal cases without lawyers. One wrongfully accused woman had no choice but to wait
