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Two major reports slam UCLA over policing, violence at pro-Palestinian protest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two major reports slam UCLA over policing, violence at pro-Palestinian protest

LA Times  

Two high-profile, back-to-back reports slam UCLA for a confusing breakdown in its police response leading to violence at a pro-Palestinian encampment in April, with one investigation also calling out the university’s “dramatic failures in confronting antisemitism.” A draft report to the Los Angeles Police Commission released Friday cited a lack of coordination between UCLA, the LAPD and the California Highway …

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Two dead after shots fired between LAPD officers and a gunman in North Hollywood
3 months, 1 week ago

Two dead after shots fired between LAPD officers and a gunman in North Hollywood

LA Times  

A gunman exchanged shots with Los Angeles Police Department officers after they responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon in North Hollywood early Tuesday. A shooting Monday morning between an armed man and police in North Hollywood ended with two people dead, including the gunman, authorities said. At 4:50 a.m. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded …

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LAPD union leader faces complaints that his security company hires and underpays problem cops
3 months, 2 weeks ago

LAPD union leader faces complaints that his security company hires and underpays problem cops

LA Times  

Jamie McBride, speaking for the Los Angeles Police Protective League in 2020, is facing multiple internal LAPD investigations over Watermark Security Inc. The former employee who emailed the LAPD also alleged in the complaint that McBride was defrauding clients including Target and Walgreens “in the form of overbilling and falsification of officer credentials, in breach of contract, and worse.” McBride …

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An undercover LAPD cop shot an unarmed teen through his car window. His family plans to sue
4 months, 2 weeks ago

An undercover LAPD cop shot an unarmed teen through his car window. His family plans to sue

LA Times  

Ricardo “Ricky” Ramirez Jr., center, flanked by his parents, was fatally shot by an LAPD officer in July. He was at the threshold of his whole life, having just graduated, and the LAPD shot him, causing him to fall through death’s door,” said the teen’s father, Ricardo Ramirez Sr. “Hiding behind tinted glass, without any warning, Ricky was killed. “Without …

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Investigation underway after video shows LAPD officer punch handcuffed man
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Investigation underway after video shows LAPD officer punch handcuffed man

LA Times  

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department is seen punching a man in handcuffs in Watts. Los Angeles police officials are investigating an LAPD officer who was seen punching a handcuffed man in a now-viral video, an incident that has sparked calls for the officer to be criminally charged. A bystander video posted online showed two officers struggling with …

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‘Bringing a gun to a knife fight’: LAPD continues to shoot people holding ‘edged weapon’ during mental crisis, analysis shows
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Bringing a gun to a knife fight’: LAPD continues to shoot people holding ‘edged weapon’ during mental crisis, analysis shows

LA Times  

LAPD officers investigate the site where police killed a man who was holding a knife and assaulting his girlfriend in the Vermont Square area. Los Angeles police officials have been trying for years to curb officer shootings of people in crisis who are holding a knife, machete or other “edged weapon.” Despite rolling out policies to prevent gunfire in such …

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UCLA students are cuffed with zip ties after trying to fend off SWAT teams with BEACH umbrellas in latest college campus uprising
7 months, 3 weeks ago

UCLA students are cuffed with zip ties after trying to fend off SWAT teams with BEACH umbrellas in latest college campus uprising

Daily Mail  

Police brawled with protesters while smashing through barricades at UCLA's Gaza encampment after hundreds of anti-Israel students defied orders to leave. Cops face-off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles LAPD officers dispersed earlier as they were pushed back by a wave of protesters, who far outnumbered …

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LAPD arrests 93 people at USC amid Israel-Hamas war protests
7 months, 4 weeks ago

LAPD arrests 93 people at USC amid Israel-Hamas war protests

LA Times  

Los Angeles police officers arrived in riot gear at USC on Wednesday evening, arresting 93 people on trespassing charges as they cleared an encampment at the center of campus formed in protest against the Israel-Hamas war. Others continued chanting, “Free, free Palestine!” LAPD officers make arrests after a protest against the Israel-Palestinian war at USC on April 24. “It is …

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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 …

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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 …

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LAPD’s ‘less-lethal’ projectile launchers are leading to deadly encounters, report finds
9 months, 2 weeks ago

LAPD’s ‘less-lethal’ projectile launchers are leading to deadly encounters, report finds

LA Times  

Los Angeles police officers fired 40-millimeter projectiles intended to stop people through “pain compliance” at least 133 times last year — including nine cases where civilians were also shot at with firearms, according to a department report made public this week. LAPD officers use “less-lethal” launcher devices far more often than other big-city agencies, the report to the department’s civilian …

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Family of man shot by LAPD over plastic fork grapples with grief as video is released
10 months ago

Family of man shot by LAPD over plastic fork grapples with grief as video is released

LA Times  

Jason Maccani was shot by LAPD officers Feb. 4 at a Skid Row warehouse. “We joked about how Tuesday was 3,000 years long because it was just like, every minute, there’s nothing to say, a lot of crying and just sitting in silence and thinking what happened,” Mike said. Mike said he began to notice Jason struggling with bipolar disorder …

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City’s lawsuit seeks to shift blame over release of LAPD undercover officer photos
10 months, 3 weeks ago

City’s lawsuit seeks to shift blame over release of LAPD undercover officer photos

LA Times  

In an increasingly tangled legal battle over the publication of LAPD officers’ photos on a police watchdog website last year, the city of Los Angeles has taken new legal action against the journalist and activist group that obtained the images through a public records request. The move follows several hundred city police officers’ suing the city in a case that …

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$13.5 million awarded to family of man who died after LAPD officers pinned him to the ground
1 year, 2 months ago

$13.5 million awarded to family of man who died after LAPD officers pinned him to the ground

LA Times  

A federal jury has awarded $13.5 million to the family of a man who was killed in 2019 after being detained and pinned to the ground by two Los Angeles police officers in Van Nuys, ruling that excessive force caused his death. Nicole Juarez Zelaya, the daughter of Jacobo Juarez Cedillo, addressed reporters at a news conference outside the courthouse …

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How Amazon’s ‘neighborhood watch’ turns police officers into ‘Reddit moderators’
1 year, 2 months ago

How Amazon’s ‘neighborhood watch’ turns police officers into ‘Reddit moderators’

LA Times  

September 23, 2021, was a busy day in Jeffry Poole’s inbox. Billed as the “new neighborhood watch” when it launched in May 2018, Neighbors positioned itself as an app to unite “your neighbors, the Ring News team and local law enforcement, so we can work together to stop burglaries, prevent package theft and make our communities safer for all.” Ring, …

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Man shot by LAPD officers who mistook cellphone for gun wins $2.35 million at trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Man shot by LAPD officers who mistook cellphone for gun wins $2.35 million at trial

LA Times  

Dexter White was on his way to a corner store when he was confronted by LAPD officers and shot three times in 2018, leaving him critically wounded. Dexter White’s chest still tightens when he sees the photo on Instagram of his crumpled body, moments after a group of Los Angeles police officers shot him after mistaking his cellphone for a …

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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 …

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LAPD officers would receive raises, higher starting pay under deal struck by Bass, union
1 year, 4 months ago

LAPD officers would receive raises, higher starting pay under deal struck by Bass, union

LA Times  

Mayor Karen Bass and the city’s negotiators have struck a deal to provide an extensive package of raises and bonuses to about 9,000 officers, part of her larger effort to rebuild the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department. The four-year contract, which cannot go into effect without a ratification vote from members of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, …

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Residents displaced by fireworks explosion demand that LAPD officers be fired
1 year, 5 months ago

Residents displaced by fireworks explosion demand that LAPD officers be fired

LA Times  

Resident Carmen Rodriguez holds a poster calling out one of the LAPD officers involved in the fireworks explosion at a protest march Monday in front of the Newton Division station. “It took two freaking years to get the names of officers; that’s a joke,” said Maria Velasquez, who was among more than 80 residents displaced by the blast. On Monday, …

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Top L.A. police union official tells cops to go ‘somewhere that understands your worth’
1 year, 5 months ago

Top L.A. police union official tells cops to go ‘somewhere that understands your worth’

LA Times  

Police Chief Michel Moore, center, and LAPD Captain Christopher Zine, to his immediate right, conduct a uniform inspection during the graduation ceremony for the Los Angeles Police Academy Class 12-2022 at the Los Angeles Police Academy. “Go somewhere that has a city council or city manager that openly acknowledges the great work you do, go somewhere that doesn’t have Two …

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Half of people injured in LAPD pursuits are bystanders, report says
1 year, 7 months ago

Half of people injured in LAPD pursuits are bystanders, report says

LA Times  

Two LAPD officers were reported hospitalized with minor injuries after their car collided with a suspected stolen vehicle in South Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2015. LAPD Deputy Chief Donald Graham said in an interview Tuesday that the debate over police chases is more nuanced than arguing for an across-the-board ban on pursuits for nonviolent crimes such as vehicle thefts. …

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LAPD officers shot fewer people in 2022, but the percentage that turned deadly increased
1 year, 8 months ago

LAPD officers shot fewer people in 2022, but the percentage that turned deadly increased

LA Times  

Body camera footage shows Margarito Lopez sitting on some steps with a butcher knife as officers arrive on scene in the 900 block of East Adams Boulevard on Dec.18, 2021. Los Angeles police officers shot fewer people in 2022 than the year before, although a larger percentage of those encounters turned deadly, according to preliminary data released by the Los …

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‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later

LA Times  

Inside the black box theater at a community arts center in the heart of Watts, a small cluster of people gather around tables, reliving the 1992 Los Angeles riots through the haunting voices of those who experienced it. I followed the trial ’cause I wanted to see if justice works and on that particular day justice didn’t work.” It’s been …

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Jews in West L.A. are resolute, on edge after gunman targets Jewish community in 2 shootings
1 year, 10 months ago

Jews in West L.A. are resolute, on edge after gunman targets Jewish community in 2 shootings

LA Times  

Stephane Sultan, who owns a kosher restaurant on Pico Boulevard, knew his neighbors and customers were on edge because they kept confiding the same message. “I didn’t go to synagogue yesterday because I didn’t know what might happen,” said Jonathan Hassid, 23, who normally attends Adas Torah on Pico Boulevard. “It’s always concerning when there’s antisemitic, but we have faith …

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