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The COPPAC After Innocence Reception
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| Elmer Clark, retired CHP officer and father of After Innocence exoneree Atkins, speaking with Santa Barbara Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Walton, and COPPAC Director, Michelle Chernikoff Anderson |
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After Innocence filmmaker Jessica Sanders speaking with COPPAC Director Howard Giles and Kaia Stern, UCSB Black Studies |
Immediately following the screening of
After Innocence and a discussion with Herman Atkins (exoneree),
Jessica Sanders (writer/director/producer), and Elmer Clark (retired CHP officer and father of Atkins), COPPAC hosted a reception with the guests of honor and invited
Guests and
Affiliates of COPPAC.
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| Steven Z. Perren speaks with After Innocence filmmaker Jessica Sanders |
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Elmer Clark, retired CHP officer and father of After Innocence exoneree, Atkins, speaking with an audience member |
One of the ways COPPAC achieves its
mission is by fostering opportunities for
discussions, both formal and informal, that can lead to collaborative research
and teaching projects which address law enforcement - community issues.
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| "Miss Pearl" Clark speaking with an audience member |
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After Innocence filmmaker Jessica Sanders speaks with Santa Barbara community members |
COPPAC's goal in bringing After
Innocence to UCSB was to bring a broad audience to the film.
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| Professor Nikki Jones discussing After Innocence with Vanessa Frank Garcia |
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Santa Barbara Sheriff's Sgt. Walton and SBPD Officer Hove |
The Screening,
Q&A, and Reception provided for both addressing the substantive issues
raised in After Innocence and for enabling COPPAC constituents from law
enforcement, the community and academia, to share ideas with one another.
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| Professor Michael Stohl, UCSB; Michael Miller, UCSB; SB Sheriff Jim Anderson |
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Santa Barbara Sheriff's Lt. Butch Arnoldi and Maria Arnoldi |
Photo Credits: All Santa Barbara Premiere Photos by Joy Hicks and David Anastasiou
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