When someone is detained, they usually spend up to 8 hours at a processing center before transfer. Having a lawyer advocate for their rights is essential — but shortages make that less likely.
Rocky Rivera is a Bay Area emcee and writer who covers hip-hop, food, and community. With cover stories in The Source, a KQED food column, and the podcast Xennial Dilemmas with DJ Roza, her work amplifies voices too often left out of the mainstream.
The rapper made an error with the song “Heaven Sent,” writes fellow Bay Area emcee Rocky Rivera. But not listening to his community was the bigger mistake.
