NEW STUDY SHOWS MORE WHITES USE WEED, BUT MORE MANY BLACKS ARE ARRESTED FOR IT The LA Times has an...
Law Enforcement
An LAPD Officer-Involved-Shooting and the Case for Less-the-Lethal Weapons – UPDATED
THE LAPD OIS AND A VERY UPSET COMMUNITY On Sunday about midday, some LAPD officers responded to a...
The Death of Ruben Salazar: After 40 Years It’s Time to Come Clean
Writing a special guest blog post for LA Observed, my pal, the award-winning former LA Times...
As the Mehserle/Oscar Grant Jury Starts Over, Many Grow Jittery
On Friday the jury began deliberations in the case of Johannes Mehserle, the BART officer who...
The Mehserle Trial – Why is LA So Uninterested?
On Thursday, a friend who works for works for public radio in San Francisco emailed me and asked if...
Bruce Riordan Leaving Trutanich to Join US Attorney Andre Birotte, Jr
It was announced Friday afternoon that Bruce Riordan—a former federal prosecutor who has been...