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Deputy’s Traffic Stop Power Trip on Rapper Sheds Light on Department Culture, Leaves Trauma, Upheaval in its Wake
Feezy Lebron filed a $10M Civil Rights Tort Claim on Jan. 18, but he and his family fear retribution
February 3, 2023
How Do You Solve a Problem Like KDL?
KDL's latest defense for not resigning is that “millions of Americans go to work every single day with folks that they don't like.”
December 20, 2022
The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording
It had been just three days since KNOCK-LA and the L.A. Times published the racist recordings that emotionally ransacked the populace, and things were not going well at City Hall.
November 4, 2022
“Y’all shot at me!”: LAPD Shoots at, Misses, then Tries to Charge Unarmed Black Man with Assault with a Deadly Weapon
LAPD chose not to transcribe the officer's attempt to slow her partner down and keep him from shooting at Joshua Hatfield
August 6, 2022
Rail-to-Rail Bike/Walk Path Breaks Ground on Slauson; Officials Speak to Its Significance for Corridor
Construction was to have begun in 2018, but the community had been waiting for something to happen there for much longer than that.
July 12, 2022
Anatomy of an Officer-Involved Explosion: a Post-Mortem on LAPD’s E. 27th Street Fireworks Blast
A year ago, a councilmember co-authored a motion to shift $150mil from LAPD's budget. A month ago, LAPD called everyone but his office to watch them detonate fireworks in his district. The botched operation rocked the city.
August 11, 2021
Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?
Eighty-three seconds.
May 7, 2021
Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”
"I don't have another life to give. I don't have any more breaths to take. I don't have any more hashtags. I don't have any more energy to be marching with my fist up in the air [only] to come back to the same thing," declared Khadijah Shabazz. "Right now, it needs to be all broken down, torn down, and started all over again."
April 13, 2021
Officer Fires 8 Shots at Man Fleeing Pretextual Stop; Evolving LAPD Statements Attempt to Pin Blame on Driver
LAPD is accusing 30yo Travis Elster of assault with a deadly weapon to justify the shooting.
March 17, 2021
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
