WitnessLA.com http://witnessla.com street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Wed, 16 May 2012 15:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Unmanned LAPD ‘Copters, City Council Votes to Give LAPD Gen Services Cops & Gov. Brown Won’t Close Youth Prisons After All http://witnessla.com/lapd/2012/admin/unmanned-lapd-copters-city-council-votes-to-give-lapd-gen-services-cops-gov-brown-wont-close-youth-prisons-after-all/ http://witnessla.com/lapd/2012/admin/unmanned-lapd-copters-city-council-votes-to-give-lapd-gen-services-cops-gov-brown-wont-close-youth-prisons-after-all/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:01:31 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50525 http://witnessla.com/lapd/2012/admin/unmanned-lapd-copters-city-council-votes-to-give-lapd-gen-services-cops-gov-brown-wont-close-youth-prisons-after-all/feed/ 1 Three Former Jail Supervisors Testify About Gangster-like Deputies, Violence at the Jails and Top LASD Management’s Repeated Refusal to Intervene http://witnessla.com/lasd/2012/admin/three-former-jail-supervisors-testify-about-violence-at-jails-and-department-managements-repeated-refusal-to-intervene/ http://witnessla.com/lasd/2012/admin/three-former-jail-supervisors-testify-about-violence-at-jails-and-department-managements-repeated-refusal-to-intervene/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:07:18 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50513 http://witnessla.com/lasd/2012/admin/three-former-jail-supervisors-testify-about-violence-at-jails-and-department-managements-repeated-refusal-to-intervene/feed/ 3 CLOSING THE MOST DANGEROUS JAIL: The First Pretrial Releases of LA Jail Inmates Could Possibly Happen Soon – by Matthew Fleischer http://witnessla.com/sheriff-lee-baca/2012/admin/closing-the-most-dangerous-jail-the-first-pretrial-releases-of-la-jail-inmates-could-happen-soon-by-matthew-fleischer/ http://witnessla.com/sheriff-lee-baca/2012/admin/closing-the-most-dangerous-jail-the-first-pretrial-releases-of-la-jail-inmates-could-happen-soon-by-matthew-fleischer/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:33:03 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50428 http://witnessla.com/sheriff-lee-baca/2012/admin/closing-the-most-dangerous-jail-the-first-pretrial-releases-of-la-jail-inmates-could-happen-soon-by-matthew-fleischer/feed/ 1 LA’s Two Newspapers Emphatically Do Not Endorse Carmen Trutanich for LA’s DA http://witnessla.com/uncategorized/2012/admin/las-two-newspapers-emphatically-do-not-endorse-carmen-trutanich-for-las-da/ http://witnessla.com/uncategorized/2012/admin/las-two-newspapers-emphatically-do-not-endorse-carmen-trutanich-for-las-da/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:23 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50499 http://witnessla.com/uncategorized/2012/admin/las-two-newspapers-emphatically-do-not-endorse-carmen-trutanich-for-las-da/feed/ 1 Four Members of 18th Street Gang Clique Convicted of Charges Relating to the 2007 Killing of 3-Week-Old Baby Boy http://witnessla.com/gangs/2012/admin/four-members-of-18th-street-gang-clique-convicted-of-charges-relating-to-the-2007-killing-of-3-week-old-baby-boy/ http://witnessla.com/gangs/2012/admin/four-members-of-18th-street-gang-clique-convicted-of-charges-relating-to-the-2007-killing-of-3-week-old-baby-boy/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:11:27 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50473 http://witnessla.com/gangs/2012/admin/four-members-of-18th-street-gang-clique-convicted-of-charges-relating-to-the-2007-killing-of-3-week-old-baby-boy/feed/ 0 Michelle Alexander and The New Jim Crow—In Compton Thursday Night http://witnessla.com/prison-policy/2012/admin/michelle-alexander-and-the-new-jim-crow-in-compton-thursday-night/ http://witnessla.com/prison-policy/2012/admin/michelle-alexander-and-the-new-jim-crow-in-compton-thursday-night/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 11:36:20 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50356 http://witnessla.com/prison-policy/2012/admin/michelle-alexander-and-the-new-jim-crow-in-compton-thursday-night/feed/ 4 LA Times Finds More on Sheriff’s Department clique, “The Jump Out Boys” http://witnessla.com/lasd/2012/admin/la-times-finds-more-on-sheriffs-department-clique-the-jump-out-boys/ http://witnessla.com/lasd/2012/admin/la-times-finds-more-on-sheriffs-department-clique-the-jump-out-boys/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 11:29:56 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50318 http://witnessla.com/lasd/2012/admin/la-times-finds-more-on-sheriffs-department-clique-the-jump-out-boys/feed/ 49 Saving “LA Youth”—The Nation’s Largest Youth Newspaper Needs Help ASAP http://witnessla.com/media/2012/admin/saving-la-youth-the-nations-largest-youth-newspaper-needs-help-asap/ http://witnessla.com/media/2012/admin/saving-la-youth-the-nations-largest-youth-newspaper-needs-help-asap/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 11:29:07 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50282 http://witnessla.com/media/2012/admin/saving-la-youth-the-nations-largest-youth-newspaper-needs-help-asap/feed/ 0 The Voices No One Else Can Hear: What It’s like to be a Kid With Schizophrenia http://witnessla.com/american-voices/2012/admin/the-voices-no-one-else-can-hear-what-its-like-to-be-a-kid-with-schizophrenia/ http://witnessla.com/american-voices/2012/admin/the-voices-no-one-else-can-hear-what-its-like-to-be-a-kid-with-schizophrenia/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 11:28:47 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50297 http://witnessla.com/american-voices/2012/admin/the-voices-no-one-else-can-hear-what-its-like-to-be-a-kid-with-schizophrenia/feed/ 0 Obama, Medical Marijuana, Fighting Back. & the Kelly Thomas Case http://witnessla.com/medical-marijuana/2012/admin/obama-medical-marijuana-fighting-back-the-kelly-thomas-case/ http://witnessla.com/medical-marijuana/2012/admin/obama-medical-marijuana-fighting-back-the-kelly-thomas-case/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 07:12:11 +0000 Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/?p=50234 http://witnessla.com/medical-marijuana/2012/admin/obama-medical-marijuana-fighting-back-the-kelly-thomas-case/feed/ 4