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The Metro board met yesterday and sent a mixed message to transit riders. The agency is one step closer to a key heavy rail connection between Westwood and the Valley… but one step further from a light rail extension to Torrance.
Lawyers for Alexander Mitchell believe the misdemeanor resisting charges, filed 11 months after Officer Joshua Sportiello socked Mitchell in the face, were retaliatory and intended to interfere with proceedings in the civil suit Mitchell filed against the City. That suit was stayed earlier this year, pending resolution of the criminal case.