Criminal charges were filed Friday against three men accused of assaulting Merced police officers during a melee last year at a downtown hookah lounge that angered many and triggered protests … Click to Continue »
Read More »What’s happening with the probe in the Hookah lounge melee involving Merced police?
It’s been more than six months since video from an altercation between Merced police and college students went viral, and investigators have not decided whether anyone will be charged with … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced officer lost his body camera during hookah lounge melee. Police want it back.
One of the 12 Merced police officers involved in a large melee last month with party-goers at a downtown hookah lounge lost his department-issued body camera during the scuffle, and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students and others address hookah incident
UC Merced students and others again addressed July’s Hookah Lounge incident at a City Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The District Attorney’s Office also asked for people to come forward with more video. … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced advocates say ‘drop the charges’ in hookah melee involving ‘good kids’
UC Merced students and others again addressed July’s hookah lounge melee in front of the City Council on Monday. Advocates for the five men that were arrested or cited first … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced students protest arrests from hookah lounge
Students protested Thursday, July 13, 2017, the arrests and what they said was police brutality at the downtown Merced hookah lounge from the weekend. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Protesters march through Merced, speak out against Hookah Lounge arrests
Dozens of young people gathered at UC Merced and marched through the city on Thursday afternoon protesting the arrests of five people and the use of force by Merced police … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced students protest arrests from hookah lounge
Students protested Thursday, July 13, 2017, the arrests and what they said was police brutality at the downtown Merced hookah lounge from the weekend. … Click to Continue »
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