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Vallejo police may swap stars for shields amid badge-bending scandal
Editor’s note The story below is another in WLA’s series presenting the remarkable...
A New 5-Year Plan for Closing Men’s Central Jail
On January 30, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors received a new five-year plan for...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 9 – Filing With the 9th Circuit
On Thursday, January 25, the team of five appellate attorneys who are now representing Mark...
Punishing Families Part 3: It Starts With a Phone Call
Mandated reporting laws have led to a flood of calls to report suspected child abuse and neglect...
LASD whistleblower takes her case to trial, while Villanueva testifies that deputy gangs don’t exist, & Sheriff Luna says there’s a new deputy gang
Wednesday, civil rights attorney, Alan Romero presented closing arguments in the whistleblower...
Saturday Forum Featuring DA Candidates & a Reconstruction of the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas
This past Saturday, January 13, 2024, the 32-year-old organization known as the Empowerment...
8 LA probation staff removed from duty for overseeing “fight clubs,” as probation chief outsources internal affairs investigations
So, why have 8 probation staff members been removed from duty? It appears that the employees were...
A good California Supreme Court decision curbs the family police
A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more...
CA Attorney General Issues Guidelines for Prosecutors to Implement Race-blind Charging
In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill, AB 2778, meant to reduce racial bias in...