On Monday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson will announce what sentence he believes...
Archive - July 2016
After Baton Rouge: Voices in the Darkness
The LA County sheriff’s deputy union ALADS, struck a good note with its statement on Sunday...
3 Police Officers Shot Dead in Baton Rouge, 3 Injured, 1 Suspect Dead – UPDATED
SHOOTING IN BATON ROUGE: WHAT WE KNOW: *Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers are dead, three...
Report by San Francisco’s Blue Ribbon Panel Finds SFPD is Controlled by Police Union That Obstructs Reform
A book-length report released on Monday by a special blue ribbon panel found that the San Francisco...
CALIFORNIA VOICES: It Could Have Been Me – by Alex M. Johnson
My daily uniform of a suit and tie, my professional degrees, my position - makes me no...
Inspector General Gives LA County Sheriff’s Dept. (Mostly) Good Grades in Report on Jail Force Investigations (Except for Those Pesky Bad Grades)
AUDIT OF USE-OF-FORCE INVESTIGATIONS INSIDE LA COUNTY’S JAILS FINDS MUCH PROGRESS, WITH MORE...
LA Board of Supes Votes to Speed Up Use of Body-Cams for Sheriff’s Deputies
CITING RECENT EVENTS, SUPERVISORS VOTE TO PUSH FOR LASD BODY-CAMS ASAP On Tuesday, members of the...
Conversations After Dallas
DALLAS POLICE CHIEF DAVID BROWN SAYS WE ARE ASKING TOO MUCH OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS David Brown, the...
Two Homeboy Industries Trainees Bring Water to Flint, MI, on Independence Day Weekend
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we make our way through these difficult, division-haunted days, take a...
Sentencing of Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Postponed for One Week
Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca was originally due to be sentenced on Monday, July 11 in the...