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Chris Norby questions the use of school resource officers at FJUHSD schools

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Fullerton Joint Union High School District

October 31, 2015

School Resource Officers

By Chris Norby

Dear FJUHSD Board Members:

The violent classroom arrest recently of a South Carolina high school student by a uniformed police officer has raised questions about the routine presence of law enforcement in public high schools. Including Fullerton’s.

Are these “school resource officers” really necessary, or do they turn routine campus infractions into criminal cases? The girl in question was defiant and refused reasonable requests to surrender her cell phone. However, was this cause to call a police offer into the classroom and the inevitable confrontation? Continue reading→

In case you are wondering, Chris Norby is doing just fine!

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Norby Personal Retrospective

By former State Assemblyman Chris Norby

Since my personal challenges of 2014 received such play in your medium, this update might be of interest.

On March 12, 2014, three Fullerton Police officers entered my home without my permission, arrested me, handcuffed me in front of my children, hauled me to the police station, set my bail at $10,000 and locked me in a jail cell. They did so based on a report without independent witnesses or evidence and with me suffering an obvious eye injury aggravated that very day.

I told them of a December 17 optometrist’s report specifically listing “spousal abuse” as the original cause my eye injury. Instead of listening, they became hostile and argumentative forcing me to remove the bandage over my eye. Continue reading→

Chris Norby cleared by OC Family Court Judge

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Chris Norby

Former State Assemblyman Chris Norby was cleared today in OC Family Court of any charges stemming from his arrest a few months ago when his wife Martha claimed that he had beat her.

Here is Norby’s latest email update sent to his supporters regarding this case:

All allegations against me were dismissed by OC Family Court Judge Lon Hurwitz today. In a definitive and final ruling following two days of testimony, the charges were ruled without merit and the accuser lacking in credibility. A Family Court hearing of the allegations was necessary, even though the DA had dropped the case, to determine future support and visitation. Continue reading→

The OCDA has dropped all charges against former Assemblyman Chris Norby

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Chris Norby attacked by Martha

Apparently charges have been dropped against former State Assemblyman Chris Norby, who was wrongfully accused of spousal abuse by his wife, Martha, who Chris says actually beat him – causing permanent damage to one of his eyes.  Here is Norby’s latest email update:

Dear Friends, Family and Supporters:

I thank the Orange County District Attorney’s Office for taking a careful and objective look at the circumstances of my arrest by Fullerton Police officers on March 12. No charges will be filed. The case has been dropped. Continue reading→

Norby’s wife should have been arrested after she beat him in 2013

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Injured Chris Norby

When former Assemblyman Chris Norby was arrested earlier this month, for alleged domestic violence, he did not get a chance to tell his side of the story.  And although he has since sent out a wistful email about the event he has as of yet still not shared what really happened prior to his arrest.  That is about to change.

On December 17, 2013, Martha Norby hit Chris Norby in the left eye (photos above and below). These photos were taken by his old Oxy friend and attorney Alex Wallace who picked up Chris and took him for treatment with Alex’s friend Margaret McCabe, a 10-year Army Medic and Iraq War veteran. Concerned about ongoing light flashes, pain and blackening eye socket, Norby was taken on Christmas Eve day to an optometry clinic near Alex’s Lakewood home. Continue reading→

Norby says his wife is bipolar but are the Fullerton cops out to get him?

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Shawn Nelson and Chris Norby

Former Assemblyman Chris Norby and his wife Martha accused each other of being bipolar in a stunning article posted at the Voice of OC today.  Each also accused the other of spousal abuse.

OC Supervisor Shawn Nelson, who is also a criminal defense attorney, bailed out his longtime friend Norby, and is mirroring Norby’s allegations, while Martha actually went to the local office of Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, who defeated Norby, to ask for help connecting to resources for women in her position.

Nelson is a damn good lawyer so the best help Quirk-Silva can offer to Martha is to refer her to a great divorce lawyer, as that is where this mess is headed. Continue reading→

Chris Norby arrested for domestic violence and child endangerment

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Chris Norby & Martha, with their children, Alex, Ana, Gary, Iris, and Johnny

While Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva was launching her re-election campaign tonight at Steamers, in Fullerton, the man she defeated, Chris Norby, was getting arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of domestic violence and child endangerment, according to the OC Register.

n 2010, a criminal case against Norby was rejected by Orange County prosecutors. Police had responded to reports of a man and woman arguing inside his home, with a witness telling authorities that a man had pushed a woman. Continue reading→

Poll – Young Kim versus Sharon Quirk-Silva, for the 65th A.D.

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Young O. Kim and SAUSD Trustee Cecilia Iglesias

From the OC Politics Blog

Can she do it?  The race for the 65th Assembly District could come down in the General Election to Young O. Kim, who is currently the Director of ACR and Asian Affairs for Congressman Ed Royce, versus the incumbent, Sharon Quirk-Silva, a Democrat who previously served on the Fullerton City Council and is a public school teacher by trade.  Can Kim beat Quirk-Silva? (Be sure to vote in our poll, below).

The 65th Assembly District encompasses parts of northern Orange County, centered on the city of Fullerton. The primarily suburban district is ethnically and socioeconomically diverse, according to Wikipedia.  The District includes these cities: Continue reading→

Should has-been Chris Norby consider another Assembly run?

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From the OC Politics Blog

Martin Wisckol, the OC Register’s elder political reporter, “caught up” with washed-up, former Assemblyman, former Supervisor and former Fullerton Councilman Chris Norby today.  It’s outside the paywall here:  Chris Norby ‘won’t rule out’ run in 2014.

As we discussed November last, “we wonder if Norby’s ever had a job as an adult that wasn’t on a government payroll.”  He’s got quite a personal and political resume: Continue reading→