LAPD sergeant broke policy by kneeling on neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes during arrest
2 years, 5 months ago

LAPD sergeant broke policy by kneeling on neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes during arrest

LA Times  

Video released last year of Jaxson Hayes’ arrest shows the NBA player arguing with LAPD officers about entering a Woodland Hills home without a warrant, then pushing one against a wall before police take him to the ground. An LAPD sergeant violated department policy by kneeling on the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes while arresting him in response to a call about a domestic dispute last July, the Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday. Moore wrote that he agreed with the review board’s finding that Duarte’s use of the Taser was justified, given Hayes’ “level of resistance.” He further said the fact that the officers present weren’t wearing masks as was required at the time of the arrest will be addressed “at the divisional level.” The Police Commission’s votes Tuesday were unanimous, with one commissioner absent. Hayes spun and pushed one of the officers into a wall near the home’s front door, according to video of the incident released last year by the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Two LAPD officers injured after responding to reported South L.A. robbery
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two LAPD officers injured after responding to reported South L.A. robbery

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Hall is reflected in the windows of the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters. Two LAPD officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting in South Los Angeles on Friday night, authorities said. The officers responded around 9 p.m. Friday to a reported robbery in the 9200 block of Central Avenue in LAPD’s Southeast …

LAPD releases video of officer punching handcuffed man in Watts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

LAPD releases video of officer punching handcuffed man in Watts

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department released video of the arrest of Alexander Donta Mitchell in Watts on Sunday during which an officer punched the man while he was handcuffed. The Los Angeles Police Department released body cam video footage Thursday that showed an officer punching a handcuffed man during a confrontation over double parking in Watts on Sunday, just as …

Shocking moment LAPD cop punches a man in the face while his hands are cuffed
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shocking moment LAPD cop punches a man in the face while his hands are cuffed

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Alexander Donta Mitchell, who is Black, …

Personnel complaint lodged against LAPD officer who punched handcuffed man
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Personnel complaint lodged against LAPD officer who punched handcuffed man

LA Times  

An image from video shows Alexander Donta Mitchell being punched by a Los Angeles police officer during his July 28, 2024, arrest in Watts. A man who was seen being punched by a Los Angeles police officer while handcuffed did nothing to provoke the attack, which was captured in a bystander video that went viral, his relatives and an attorney …

Off-duty LAPD officer shoots, kills unarmed man after altercation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Off-duty LAPD officer shoots, kills unarmed man after altercation

LA Times  

The front entrance to LAPD headquarters on First Street in downtown Los Angeles. An off-duty Los Angeles police officer shot and killed a man in San Bernardino County after what police there described as an altercation that left one dead and the cop hospitalized. Police responded to a shooting near Euclid Avenue and 6th Street on Thursday evening in Ontario …

Two LAPD officers injured breaking up fight near Slauson Recreation Center
8 months ago

Two LAPD officers injured breaking up fight near Slauson Recreation Center

LA Times  

Two LAPD officers were injured Friday night after responding to a call about a fight near the Slauson Recreation Center in South L.A., where a large crowd had gathered, authorities said. Two Los Angeles police officers were injured Friday night after responding to a call about a fight near the Slauson Recreation Center in South L.A., where a large crowd …

Two shootings by LAPD officers are under investigation
8 months ago

Two shootings by LAPD officers are under investigation

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating two separate shootings by officers Thursday that left one officer and two men injured. He said LAPD officers and U.S. marshals were serving an arrest warrant for a man suspected of child abuse when at some point he opened fire at them, grazing an officer and prompting the others to fire back, striking …

Police Commission rules LAPD shooting of mentally ill man was not justified
1 year, 1 month ago

Police Commission rules LAPD shooting of mentally ill man was not justified

LA Times  

Alicia Smith, center, mother of Takar Smith, who was fatally shot by LAPD officers, is comforted by 14-year-old granddaughter Rashi Avery-Smith, left, and wife of Takar, Shameka Smith at a press conference held in front of LAPD headquarters. Two Los Angeles police officers violated department rules on lethal force by shooting and killing a schizophrenic man who barricaded himself in …

LAPD officers caught joking about earning overtime after shooting someone
1 year, 4 months ago

LAPD officers caught joking about earning overtime after shooting someone

LA Times  

As two Los Angeles Police Department officers stood over a machete-wielding man they had shot last year in the San Fernando Valley, they joked about how they would soon be earning overtime pay — presumably from filling out paperwork in the aftermath of the incident. At one point, an officer was heard on a supervisor’s body camera urging a colleague …

LAPD officer found liable for protester’s injury in $375,000 verdict
1 year, 9 months ago

LAPD officer found liable for protester’s injury in $375,000 verdict

LA Times  

Deon Jones was shot in the face and injured by an LAPD projectile round during protests in 2020. Jones’ attorney, Orin Snyder, said he hoped the case would deter similar force by LAPD officers in the future. “When things get chaotic on the streets of Los Angeles,” he said, “that’s when we need police to be at their best.” After …

LAPD sergeant is charged in crash that injured motorist during pursuit
1 year, 10 months ago

LAPD sergeant is charged in crash that injured motorist during pursuit

LA Times  

A Los Angeles police sergeant was charged Friday with one count of misdemeanor reckless driving causing injury after a crash last spring that occurred during a pursuit, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. Ruby Aguirre, a 14-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran, is accused of running a red light at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Western Avenue …

LAPD officers in riot gear face off with protesters after release of Tyre Nichols video
1 year, 10 months ago

LAPD officers in riot gear face off with protesters after release of Tyre Nichols video

LA Times  

LAPD officers stand in front of a crowd of protesters near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Friday evening. Hours after authorities in Memphis, Tenn., released video of the police beating of Tyre Nichols, a protest Friday night in downtown Los Angeles grew tense, with LAPD officers in riot gear in a showdown with about 30 protesters remaining outside …

State clears LAPD officers in the fatal shooting of man on Hollywood Boulevard
2 years, 1 month ago

State clears LAPD officers in the fatal shooting of man on Hollywood Boulevard

LA Times  

LAPD officers shoot a man on Hollywood Boulevard in July after he raised a butane lighter with a pistol-like grip in their direction. After a monthlong investigation, the state attorney general’s office cleared two Los Angeles police officers of criminal wrongdoing in the July 2021 shooting of a mentally ill man on a busy stretch of Hollywood Boulevard. Rob Bonta’s …

Panel rules LAPD officers justified in fatal shooting of man on busy Hollywood Boulevard
2 years, 6 months ago

Panel rules LAPD officers justified in fatal shooting of man on busy Hollywood Boulevard

LA Times  

An officer’s body-camera video shows a man pointing a butane lighter with a pistol-like grip at LAPD officers before they fatally shot him on Hollywood Boulevard. The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday that two LAPD officers were justified in fatally shooting a 48-year-old man holding a butane lighter and a small knife on a busy stretch of Hollywood Boulevard …

Help or handcuff? LAPD officers often delay providing medical aid after shooting people
2 years, 8 months ago

Help or handcuff? LAPD officers often delay providing medical aid after shooting people

LA Times  

After Olivio was shot, it took more than six minutes for officers to approach him. By the time a group of Los Angeles police officers cautiously approached Rosendo Olivio Jr. with guns drawn, more than six minutes had passed since they’d shot him. I don’t know if at that point somebody did see where he was shot or try to …

LAPD tactics under scrutiny after officer fatally shoots girl in Burlington dressing room
3 years ago

LAPD tactics under scrutiny after officer fatally shoots girl in Burlington dressing room

LA Times  

LAPD officials investigate the scene where officers fatally shot an assault suspect and a 14-year-old bystander at a Burlington clothing store in North Hollywood on Thursday. “They use deadly force pretty much whenever they feel like it.” Much about the fatal LAPD shooting of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta — who was at the Burlington store with her mother trying on dresses …

Video gives clearer picture of fatal LAPD shooting on Hollywood Boulevard
3 years, 3 months ago

Video gives clearer picture of fatal LAPD shooting on Hollywood Boulevard

LA Times  

LAPD officers shoot a man on Hollywood Boulevard in July after he raised a butane lighter with a pistol-like grip in their direction. A man holding a butane lighter with a pistol-like grip was fatally shot by two Los Angeles police officers on Hollywood Boulevard last month after they ran up on him with the belief that he had a …

‘He doesn’t have the knife!’: Body-worn video puts LAPD shooting in new context
3 years, 3 months ago

‘He doesn’t have the knife!’: Body-worn video puts LAPD shooting in new context

LA Times  

Samuel Soto, 53, who had previously dropped a knife, holds a cellphone in his hand just before he is shot by LAPD officers in Pico-Union. Body-worn camera video from the July 26 incident, released Wednesday, shows that 53-year-old Samuel Soto was armed with a knife when he was shot by the first two officers who arrived on scene. The day …

LAPD investigates claims of excessive force at Wi Spa protest
3 years, 5 months ago

LAPD investigates claims of excessive force at Wi Spa protest

LA Times  

Attorneys Humberto Guizar, left, and Christian Contreras, right, by the L.A. Police Department’s downtown headquarters with Vishal Singh, center, a documentary filmmaker who alleged he was struck with a baton by a police officer during a protest outside a Westlake spa on Saturday. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that officials were investigating allegations of excessive force by …

Editorial: The more LAPD changes...
3 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: The more LAPD changes...

LA Times  

Protesters confront LAPD officers in the Fairfax district in Los Angeles after the killing of George Floyd in May 2020. As a nod to Congress’ police brutality hearings of a few years earlier, though, the bill included a short provision that granted the attorney general explicit authority to sue local law enforcement agencies over civil rights violations, and by implication …

Protester shot in testicles with LAPD projectile last summer files excessive force lawsuit
3 years, 8 months ago

Protester shot in testicles with LAPD projectile last summer files excessive force lawsuit

LA Times  

A protester whose testicle exploded into pieces when a Los Angeles police officer shot him with a hard-foam projectile during demonstrations against police brutality last summer filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging excessive force and other violations of his constitutional rights. The lawsuit, which names the city and LAPD Chief Michel Moore as defendants, challenges a finding by the department’s …

LAPD shooting outside Olympic station adds to ‘striking’ cluster of police shootings since last week
3 years, 9 months ago

LAPD shooting outside Olympic station adds to ‘striking’ cluster of police shootings since last week

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department is reviewing an unusual cluster of six separate police shootings since last week, the latest of which occurred just outside the department’s Olympic police station Tuesday afternoon. During a Police Commission meeting held before the Olympic shooting Tuesday, LAPD Chief Michel Moore called last week’s cluster of five shootings “striking” but said the incidents were …

Highly critical report faults LAPD for mishandling summer George Floyd unrest
3 years, 9 months ago

Highly critical report faults LAPD for mishandling summer George Floyd unrest

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department mishandled the unrest that erupted on L.A. streets after the death of George Floyd, a result of poor planning, inadequate training and a disregard for rules on mass arrests and crowd control that were established after past failures to manage protests, according to a new report commissioned by the City Council. Carol Sobel, an attorney …

LAPD officer wounded during attack inside Harbor Division station in San Pedro, police say
4 years, 2 months ago

LAPD officer wounded during attack inside Harbor Division station in San Pedro, police say

LA Times  

An LAPD officer was wounded by an assailant at a police station in San Pedro on Saturday night, authorities said. A Los Angeles police officer suffered a head injury when he was attacked by an assailant Saturday night inside the Harbor Division police station in San Pedro, authorities said. “Some individual came into the Harbor station, and when an officer …

Prosecutors review actions of 4 LAPD officers at protests; LAPD investigates camera use
4 years, 3 months ago

Prosecutors review actions of 4 LAPD officers at protests; LAPD investigates camera use

LA Times  

Prosecutors are reviewing the actions of four LAPD officers during recent protests. Jackie Lacey’s Justice System Integrity Division are reviewing the four officers’ actions after being forwarded their names by LAPD internal affairs detectives, officials said Tuesday. LAPD Deputy Chief Robert Marino, who oversees internal affairs, told the Police Commission that his office had received hundreds of complaints about officers’ …

LAPD videos show violent clashes with protesters in Fairfax district in May
4 years, 4 months ago

LAPD videos show violent clashes with protesters in Fairfax district in May

LA Times  

This footage has been edited by the Los Angeles Police Department. The new footage also shows multiple exchanges between Bradley Steyn, a famed anti-Apartheid activist and former spy for Nelson Mandela’s party who now lives outside L.A., and officers on the skirmish line. His attorney, Lisa Bloom, said in a statement that, while there is no dispute that an officer …

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