LAPD TRAFFIC TICKET QUOTA LAWSUIT SETTLED FOR ALMOST $6M On Tuesday, the LA City Council approved...
Archive - December 2013
Federal Indictments, Part 2: Where—and To Whom—-Will They Lead?
On the day after United States Attorney Andre Birotte unveiled five criminal cases that have thus...
FEDS HAND DOWN 18 CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, WORKING & RETIRED
INDICTMENTS DEMONSTRATE: “INSTITUTIONALIZED BEHAVIOR” AND DEPUTIES WHO THOUGHT THEY...
LA County DCFS Workers Strike, a Close Look at Juvenile Public Defense, the Challenge of Healing Traumatized Kids…and Interrogation Techniques Redux
(NOTE: Today’s posting is a joint project by Walker Taylor & Celeste Fremon) LOS...
Truth & Consequence: The Inmate, The Beating, and the Deputies Who Lied About It – by Matthew Fleischer
After a flood of negative media, a string of high ticket lawsuits, and an aggressively widening FBI...
Report Says Stop Locking Kids Up for “Status” Offenses….Bratton Named NYPD Commissioner…Why Defendants Accept Plea Bargains….& More
NEW REPORT SAYS THAT LOCKING KIDS UP FOR “STATUS” OFFENSES DOES NOT HELP, BUT DOES...
Nelson Mandela: July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
….During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have...
LAPD Running Low on Quality Applicants, Baca Discusses Hiring Fiasco, Compassionate Release, and Sentencing Discretion
FEWER QUALIFIED LAPD JOB-SEEKERS LEAVES DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAFFED Over the last few months, the LAPD...
Sheriff to Report to Supes on Hiring Practices, School Districts Across the US Nix Zero-Tolerance…and More
LA SUPERVISORS WANT EXPLANATION FROM SHERIFF BACA ON RECENTLY REVEALED CONTROVERSIAL HIRING...
More on the LASD Hiring Story, False Confessions via the “Reid Technique,” and LAUSD’s Vanishing Libraries
LA SUPERVISOR YAROSLAVSKY SAYS NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL SHOULD EXAMINE LASD HIRING On Monday, we...