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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
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August 20, 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
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
Tormented by a Bandit, Unhoused Residents Just Want to Be Left in Peace
A few feet down from where the handwashing station lies on its side, El Abuelo Travieso - a name that translates to the Naughty Grandfather (though he told me with a giggle that it translates to Grandpa Tush) - is spraying his arms and hands down with a liquid from a disinfectant bottle.
May 9, 2020
As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
May 1, 2020
Crenshaw Line Opening Pushed Back to Late 2021 – Nearly a Year Later than the Date Projected Six Months Ago
The 2021 opening will come nearly a year later than the date Metro offered last October, and two years later than its original projected opening
April 9, 2020
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April 1, 2020
As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine
While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath - the pledge physicians make to do no harm - and not enact policies that could have far-reaching negative consequences... for landlords.
March 27, 2020
