On Tuesday, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to review three years of...
California Bill Says a 10-Year-Old Cannot Waive Miranda Rights – by Jeremy Loudenback
THE PUSH TO PROTECT KIDS FROM UNWITTINGLY WAIVING THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS by Jeremy Loudenback Early...
After Sentencing Negotiations Fall Apart, Baca Says He Wants to Go to Trial to Set the Record Straight
THE DEAL CRUMBLES Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca returned to the court of U.S. District...
Man with Dementia Found Dead After Release from LASD Custody, Risk Assessment for Pre-Trial Release in SF, and a Parent-Led Campaign Against Gun Violence
CALLING TO MIND THE MITRICE RICHARDSON CASE, A 71-YEAR-OLD WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS FOUND DEAD...
Baca Sentencing: Round 2 – Negotiations Fall Apart, Baca Is Going to Trial
UPDATE: When Lee Baca, his defense lawyers, and the prosecution team returned from recess at 1:30...
No New Plea Deal Reached, Baca Almost Certain to Be Indicted and Go to Trial
After two weeks of negotiation, reportedly no new plea deal has been reached between attorneys for...
2. A Disturbing Report of Another Assault of a Teenager by a Los Angeles County Probation Staffer
On May 31 of this year, another incident of alleged abuse of a teenage probationer by Los Angeles...
LAPD Chief, NYPD Commissioner Working to Mend the Relationship Between Cops and Marginalized Communities…and More
LAPD CHIEF CHARLIE BECK DISCUSSES RACE, POLICING, AND RECENT HIGH-PROFILE SHOOTINGS ON KPCC’S...
Supes Meeting: Addressing Juvenile Hall Beating, Transforming a Girls’ Probation Camp, and Placing an Animal Shelter in a Jail
LA COUNTY SUPES TO LOOK INTO ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AT SYLMAR JUVENILE HALL, AND THE COUNTY’S...
Suicides at CIW, a New Trial After Miranda Rights Violation, and Indigent Defense
A BAFFLING EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AT CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN Erika Rocha was 35...
LA County Pays $10.1 Million Because an LA Deputy Allegedly Influenced Witness Causing a 16-Year-Old to Go to Prison for 20 Years
On Tuesday, July 20, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to award a civil rights settlement of...
Former LASD Commander Discusses Baca Leadership….Treating Locked-Up Kids Like Adults…LAPD Chief and the Game Anti-Violence Campaign….Reseda Church Holds Police-Community Town Hall
FOLLOWING FED JUDGE’S REJECTION OF BACA’S PLEA DEAL, FORMER LASD COMMANDER IN CHARGE OF...
LA County Approves Prop. 47 Outreach….Questions About CA’s Upcoming Foster Care Reform…and Kids with Leukemia Become Deputies for a Day
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR PROP. 47 STILL NEED TO SUBMIT REQUESTS—COUNTY...
Fed Judge Dynamites Baca Plea Deal, Says 6 Month Sentence Would “Trivialize the Seriousness” of His Offense”
JUDGE PERCY ANDERSON REJECTS LEE BACA’S PLEA DEAL When the sentencing hearing for former Los...
Violence Prevention Efforts in Los Angeles, a Problematic Study on Racial Bias in Policing, and LAPD Body-Cam Policies
AQUIL BASHEER’S WORK TO REDUCE GANG VIOLENCE IN LA AND ACROSS THE NATION, DURING A TIME OF...
What to Expect When Lee Baca To Be Sentenced Monday Morning
On Monday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson will announce what sentence he believes...
After Baton Rouge: Voices in the Darkness
The LA County sheriff’s deputy union ALADS, struck a good note with its statement on Sunday...
3 Police Officers Shot Dead in Baton Rouge, 3 Injured, 1 Suspect Dead – UPDATED
SHOOTING IN BATON ROUGE: WHAT WE KNOW: *Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers are dead, three...