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9th Circuit rules it’s mostly okay for LAPD Detectives to have “psychologically tortured” a 13-year-old to get him to confess to a murder he didn’t commit
Did three Los Angeles police detectives violate the law, along with the Fourteenth Amendment of the...
LA County Supervisors’ Motion Addresses LASD’s “Continued Harassment and Retaliation” Against Families of Those Killed By Deputies
In response to reports of harassment and intimidation from members of the Los Angeles County...
New sexual assault case– this time at LA County Sheriff’s Lancaster jail — to cost taxpayers $950,000
On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the LA County Supervisors will vote on a $950,000 settlement for Michelle...
Op-Ed: DA George Gascón, Survivors of Violent Crime, and the Meaning of Justice
I am a father, brother, husband, and a man of deep faith. I am also a survivor of a violent crime.
LAUSD Student Organizers Say Former School Police Should Not Serve in New Student Advocate Role
As the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education is working out the finer details...
Op-Ed: Fatal Police Violence May Be Linked to Preterm Births in Nearby Neighborhoods & Communities
Californians who were pregnant when fatal police violence occurred in their neighborhoods saw...
Guilty of All Charges: Thoughts on the Minneapolis jury’s historic vote to find Derek Chauvin Guilty of Murdering George Floyd
There is no one voice that can encompass the many meanings of the verdict handed down in...
Journalist & author E. Jean Carroll fights back — again — against former president Trump, with the issue of DNA at stake
The rape of a woman is a violent crime; compounding that crime with acts of malicious libel is...
CA Bill to “Sunset” Old Convictions Approved by Senate Public Safety Committee, LA County Supes May Also Vote to Support the Bill
Next week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion from Supervisors...