In order to reduce the likelihood that coronavirus would slam Los Angeles County’s jail system...
Archive - September 2020
Crime Survivor Groups and Progressive Prosecutors Urge Mayors to Oppose Proposition 20’s Criminal Justice Reform Roll-Backs
As the November elections near, opposition to Proposition 20, which would roll back key portions of...
Two Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Shot in Ambush on Saturday Night, Now in Hospital Fighting for Their Lives
At around 7 p.m., on Saturday night, two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, one male and one...
Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Will Now Have a Path to Employment Through Expungement
On Friday, as more than 1,300 incarcerated firefighters continued to battle record-setting blazes...
WitnessLA on KCRW With Steve Chiotakis Talking About Shooting deaths of Dijon Kizzee and Andres Guardado and the Problems with LASD Oversight
While we’re talking about the LA County Supervisors’ recently passed motion (see story...
LA County Supervisors Have Had it With Sheriff Villanueva’s Failure to Allow Oversight by the Inspector General
Last Thursday evening, September 3, 2020, a vocal and angry web-based crowd showed up for a...
Police ‘Pretext’ Traffic Stops Need to End, Some Lawmakers Say
In a pretext stop, an officer pulls over a motorist for a minor traffic or equipment violation and...
Happy Labor Day – Especially to our Essential & Frontline Workers & First Responders
On this particular Labor Day, we owe much to all our essential workers who, during this strange...
Op-Ed: Despite Months of Protests, NHTSA Still Thinks Cops Can Make Cyclists and Pedestrians Safer
There's just one thing missing from the federal agency's "idea book" on enhancing police support...
WitnessLA Wins 1st Place & 3rd Place at the LA Press Club Awards!
With all the complex and troubling news of the past week, we neglected to announce some of our own...