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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 16, 2024
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
Friends, Family March for Justice for Woon, Pen Personal Messages Asking for Change
"Whenever I ride, I think if I'll make it back to see my mom wake up or to have dinner. Put yourself in our shoes."
December 16, 2019
Homelessness Coverage that Punches Down: Could We Just Not?
Three years ago, I got an email asking me to cover the extent to which a homeless person was infringing on the rights of bus riders by taking up residence at a bus shelter. The city had posted notice it was going to do a clean-up there, the sender said, but the deadline had passed and he was beginning to lose patience.
November 23, 2019
Watts Bike Clubs Mark 7th Anniversary of Hit-and-Run that Killed Benjamín Torres
The family of Benjamín Torres - who was killed in a hit-and-run on October 10, 2012 - and their supporters gathered in Gardena in a bid to keep his memory alive.
October 14, 2019
A Year after Losing Her Only Son in a Hit-and-Run, a Mother Wonders when Justice Will Be Served
“I’m about to go out here, I’m bout to ride my bike. I’m bout to have me a good day,” he said, smiling. “I feel good today, Momma. Man, I’m free.”
April 6, 2019
Finally: Charges Filed Against Driver that Killed Frederick “Woon” Frazier in Hit-and-Run
The call Beverly Owens Addison had been waiting for finally came yesterday afternoon.
April 5, 2019
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."
May 1, 2018
Elotero Benjamín Ramírez Assaulted for Second Time in a Year
Vendor Benjamín Ramírez - the elotero whose degrading assault by Carlos Haka in Hollywood went viral last year - has been attacked again, marking the second serious assault on a vendor in March.
April 6, 2018
Boyle Heights Jogger Detained, Cited During Hunt for Suspect that Drove into Metro Tunnel
Officers held the East L.A. native for 45 minutes, threatened him with jail time, then cited him for an outstanding issue he thought he'd resolved years ago
February 27, 2018
