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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 26, 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