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Sahra Sulaiman

Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.

Notes on a scene: KDL gets schooled on how legislative process works as no-vending zones rescinded

Street vendors logged a key victory in the process, but the battle to be treated with dignity continues

March 5, 2024

Carefully Curated Footage of LAPD Officer Fatally Striking Pedestrian Raises More Questions than It Answers

LAPD's release of incident footage is not the same thing as transparency

January 17, 2024

Street Services asks CD8 stakeholders to weigh in on light poles for Western Ave. by December 27

Formal community engagement around the larger slate of improvements planned for Western will begin in February 2024

December 15, 2023

No City for Old Men: L.A. Police Commission finds lung-collapsing blow to chest of unarmed Black 60-year-old “in policy”

Although Officer Brian Kolke failed to voluntarily report the use of force and prolonged Earl Roots' agony for several hours, he only received a comment card on his personnel file

December 11, 2023

LAPD Admits Man Who Slept Thru 3-Hour Bus “Standoff” Was Carrying BB Gun Only after Hero Robot Dog Story Makes Rounds

LAPD lauded its controversial $280,000 robot dog for the role it played in resolving the standoff yesterday, but when questioned for specifics about how the standoff had unfolded, what the robot dog had actually done, and why it had not been deployed for three hours, the department declined to answer

November 9, 2023

No Cops with Lassos on Trains. Mayor Nixes LAPD Pilot at Metro Board Meeting.

LAPD got approval from the Police Commission to extend their BolaWrap pilot on Metro in August, but hadn't advised Metro of their plans until after the fact.

October 3, 2023

LAPD Officer Punched 60-year-old Black Man in Chest, Collapsing His Lung, during December Arrest

Chief Moore told the Police Commission that Earl Roots had been hospitalized "due to a complaint of having asthma."

September 13, 2023