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In Pursuit that Left Two Dead, Senior Officer Heard Coaching Rookie on Everything but Public Safety

How LAPD's lack of transparency around pursuits makes addressing the risks to public safety more difficult

June 24, 2024

LAPD shoots, strikes unarmed unhoused man as he walks away from them at Chesterfield Square Park

The newly released briefing video depicts Robles as non-compliant and claims officer Magallanes-Gomez shot him for pointing a weapon at officers, but body cam footage shows Magallanes-Gomez continued to fire at - and ultimately hit - Robles after he turned away and tossed the BB gun aside.

April 20, 2024

Street Services asks CD8 stakeholders to weigh in on light poles for Western Ave. by December 27

Formal community engagement around the larger slate of improvements planned for Western will begin in February 2024

December 15, 2023

No City for Old Men: L.A. Police Commission finds lung-collapsing blow to chest of unarmed Black 60-year-old “in policy”

Although Officer Brian Kolke failed to voluntarily report the use of force and prolonged Earl Roots' agony for several hours, he only received a comment card on his personnel file

December 11, 2023

LAPD Officer Punched 60-year-old Black Man in Chest, Collapsing His Lung, during December Arrest

In an apparent effort to downgrade the incident to a non-categorical use of force, Chief Moore told the Police Commission that Earl Roots' hospitalization was "due to a complaint of having asthma," not the punch that collapsed Roots' lung.

September 13, 2023

LAPD Chief’s Report on Sergeant’s Drive-by Shooting of Unarmed Vet Embraces Falsehoods, Glosses over Recklessness

The drive-by was ruled out of policy. But the findings in the case were neither as critical nor as punitive as they could have been.

July 27, 2023

LAPD Describes Car Part as Resembling “Nonfunctioning Firearm” During Contentious Town Hall on Leimert Park Shooting

Jermaine Petit was unarmed when shot by LAPD, but LAPD remains reluctant to admit that.

July 29, 2022

LAPD Peddles Misinformation about Sidewalk Biking to Spanish Speakers

Seven years after the launch of Vision Zero, LAPD still doesn't have a handle on basic traffic laws or much insight into the specific challenges that cyclists on the margins face.

June 28, 2022