DID THEY REALLY HAVE TO SHOOT THIS SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN. LION? I live in Topanga where we very...
Archive - May 2012
ANATOMY OF A JAILS COMMISSION: Part 1 – A Reluctant Sergeant Testifies
On Monday, May 14, 2012, the members of the Los Angeles County Citizens’ Commission on Jail...
Ex-felon Re-entry Bills, CA Juvie Strikes Still Count, & Cops Snatch Families’ Bail Money
THE SUPREMES SAY CALIFORNIA’S JUVENILE STRIKES COUNT IN ADULT SENTENCING SCOTUS rejected a...
Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why It Still Matters
For a pile of years, my pal, the award-winning Brit investigative journalist, Andrew Gumbel, has...
If LA Wants to Reform Its Pretrial Detention Strategy, Who Would Stand in the Way? by Matthew Fleischer
*** EDITOR’S NOTE: A few years ago, Florida’s largest counties noticed that the...
1st Annual LA Gang Violence Prevention and Intervention Conference, May 21/22.
<—-Click to en-biggen An important 2-day conference to discuss effective and innovative...
It Appears We’ve Executed an Innocent Man…..and LASD Transit Officer Claims Right to Execute Unarmed Man
EDITOR’S NOTE: THE JAILS COMMISSION STORY IS STILL COMING. SO STAY TUNED CARLOS &...
Unmanned LAPD ‘Copters, City Council Votes to Give LAPD Gen Services Cops & Gov. Brown Won’t Close Youth Prisons After All
YES, THE JAILS COMMISSION STORY IS STILL COMING. (COLD-RIDDEN & STILL WRITING.) BUT, IN THE...
Three Former Jail Supervisors Testify About Gangster-like Deputies, Violence at the Jails and Top LASD Management’s Repeated Refusal to Intervene
Post on Monday’s Jail Commission meeting coming shortly. Still writing. EDITOR’S...
CLOSING THE MOST DANGEROUS JAIL: The First Pretrial Releases of LA Jail Inmates Could Possibly Happen Soon – by Matthew Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: On any given day, the biggest chunk of the County’s jail...