…So check back, at midday or so, for that and other news. PS: I surprised myself...
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MONDAY’S Must Reads (and Listens)
ACLU SUES 30 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER “PAY TO LEARN” POLICIES Dear...
The OTHER Shooting in the Rampart District: The Story of Irvin Panameno
Thursday night, it was quieter around the Rampart police station than it has been the rest of this...
WWLA on Which Way LA? KCRW 89.9, Tonight at 7 pm
I’ll be discussing the LAPD’s handling of the aftermath of the fatal shooting by an...
Does America’s Prison Policy Harm Democracy?
Political scientists Vesla Weaver and Amy Lerman have recently completed a study that looks at the...
Chief Charlie Beck is Booed and Heckled at Westlake Community Meeting
On Wednesday night LAPD Chief Charlie Beck addressed a very angry crowd of about 300 at the John...
Follow the Gang Money, Part 2: The Interventionists – by Matt Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: With 1,076 known gangs and 80,757 gang members in Los Angeles County...
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...
On Labor Day, Thinking of Those Many Who Are Out of Work Today
Live at the Stambaugh Theatre in Youngstown, OH on January 12, 1996.
CA Legislature Says NO to Paroling Lifer Kids, but Court Says “Not So Fast..”
For exactly zero discernibly logical reason—except for out-and-out spinelessness—the...