Recent Streetsblog LA posts about segregation

The February 9 encounter near Manchester and Figueroa began with officers telling Travis Elster he was illegally parked in a private parking lot, but the placement of the officer's hand inside the vehicle was one of several forms of escalation. Elster ultimately fled the scene and was shot at eight times by LAPD officer Carlos Tovar. Tovar managed to hit Elster's vehicle as well as the vehicle of a passing Lyft driver, but thankfully no one was injured. Screenshot from the critical incident video released by LAPD.

Officer Fires 8 Wildly Out-of-Policy Shots at Man Fleeing Pretextual Stop; Evolving LAPD Statements Attempt to Pin Blame on Driver

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments

LAPD is accusing 30yo Travis Elster of assault with a deadly weapon to justify the shooting.

Continuing to Reckon with Culver City’s Racist Past

By John Kent | Jun 11, 2020 | No Comments

This affirmed experience of the past is important.

The late rapper Nipsey Hussle filmed a number of music videos in Dorset Village over the course of his career, including "Higher," by DJ Khaled.

Periodo de Comentario Público sobre Dorset Village Extendido; Número de Unidades Asequibles Cae a 141

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 23, 2020 | No Comments

To read this article in English, click here. Hace dos semanas, el Departamento de Planificación de la ciudad de Los Ángeles (DCP por sus siglas en inglés) discretamente extendió el periodo de comentario sobre su Estudio Inicial con respecto a la demolición y reconstrucción de Dorset Village, hasta el 6 de febrero. Los planes incluyen […]

Jermaine Welch shows off the shoe he had custom painted in Nipsey Hussle's honor while waiting for Hussle's funeral procession to pass through the intersection at Crenshaw and Slauson on April 11. Hussle was killed in front of his store, The Marathon, on March 31. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You. Why Didn’t You Know Who He Was?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 15, 2019 | 22 Comments

"I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"

The Hidden History of Culver City Racism

By John Kent | Apr 5, 2019 | 10 Comments

There are many cities in the United States with a hidden past, a history hushed up or unacknowledged, and my city is one of them.