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Born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank,
California on February 26, 1967
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B.A. Degree in Criminology and Law,
University of California, Irvine, 1997
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Former Child Advocate, Child Abuse
Services Team, Orangewood Children's
Home, 1997
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Former Member, County Council, Green
Party of Orange County, 1998
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Vice-President, Anaheim Homeowners
Maintaining Their Environment, 1998
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Candidate, Board of Trustees, Anaheim
Union High School District, 2000
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Chairman, Social Concerns Committee,
Unitarian Church of Orange County
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Anaheim resident for more than 31 years
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Community activist and organizer
Shortly
after Duane was
recognized
by the Anaheim
City
Council for participating
in
a program with the Police
Department,
he became
actively
involved with
community
groups who
were
fighting police
brutality
in working-class
latino
neighborhoods. |
"Since
1997, Roberts has worked to end police brutality and improve living conditions
in Anaheim’s impoverished Jeffrey-Lynne neighborhood. Neighborhood activist
Art Castillo said he initially was wary of the blond-haired, blue-eyed
Roberts. But Roberts quickly proved himself through painstaking research
into police-brutality cases and planning issues. Castillo said the research
forced City Hall to take Jeffrey-Lynne’s residents seriously. 'He showed
us he cared for the neighborhood by standing with us at scenes of police
brutality. He risked himself for us,' Castillo said."
-
Andrew Asch
OC
Weekly
Oct.
27 - Nov. 2, 2000
"Residents
have offered testimony alleging that they were told by officers involved
... that the citations they received were in direct retaliation for an
incident which occurred earlier in the week where two police motorcycles
left unattended in the Jeffrey/Lynne Community were damaged by unknown
circumstances. We are deeply concerned about these allegations because
they suggest that officers of the Anaheim Police Department are behaving
in an unprofessional manner."
-
Duane Roberts
From
a letter submitted to
the
Chief of the Anaheim Police Department regarding an incident in a working-class
latino neighborhood where police officers spent several hours harassing
residents allegedly in retaliation for someone vandalizing two
police
motorcycles
Tuesday,
April 7, 1998
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