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LASD Won’t Name Deputies Involved in Killing of Fred Williams III at Otherwise Uninformative Inquest
LASD once again proves unwilling to cooperate in an inquest into a questionable shooting by a deputy.
February 1, 2021
Interview with Newly Elected Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony
"L.A. County elected a surprising number of progressives in November. I absolutely count myself among their numbers, and we are all working to build a wide coalition of progressive voices across the county and up and down the ballot for 2022."
December 21, 2020
Metro Seeking Applicants to Serve on Public Safety Task Force to Re-envision Transit Policing
Do you have what it takes to reimagine Metro public safety? Apply to volunteer on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee. Applications due November 13.
October 16, 2020
Video Provided by Sheriffs Directly Contradicts Their Own Account of Killing of Dijon Kizzee
The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place
September 18, 2020
Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," says Jermaine Welch. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
July 14, 2020
Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
July 13, 2020
Metro Board Approves Steps Toward Reworking Transit Policing
Metro is establishing a Transit Public Safety Advisory Committee that will develop a community-based approach to public safety on the transit system, including shifting resources away from armed law enforcement
June 25, 2020
Advocates Urge Metro to Reimagine Public Safety Starting at Tomorrow’s Board Meeting
ACT-LA are "calling on Metro to divest from its police budget and reinvest funds into our communities through free fares, improved bus infrastructure and service, and neighborhood stability programs."
June 24, 2020
Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
June 23, 2020
Win ‘Policing the Open Road’ Book by Sarah Seo
Donate to Streetsblog L.A. this month and you could win one of four great urbanist books! Click here to donate. Click here for contest details. Today SBLA previews Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom by Sarah Seo. The 340-page hardback is published by Harvard University Press, and has been autographed by the author.
December 27, 2019
