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#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
Board of Supervisors • CDCR • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • LASD • Parole Policy • Realignment

Former Boston Prosecutor Gets Self Arrested in NY to Examine System…..Sheriff Admits to 80 Bad Hires, Talks Reform….LA County Plans to Lobby CA for Realignment $$$.

December 18, 2013
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FORMER BOSTON PROSECUTOR GETS SELF ARRESTED TO LOOK INSIDE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, DOESN’T LIKE...

Criminal Justice • FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney

LASD Obstruction of Justice Defendants Go to Court…One Whistleblower Among Those Indicted

December 17, 2013
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7 PLEAD NOT GUILTY By Monday afternoon, all seven Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department members...

CDCR • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Guns • How Appealing • Law Enforcement • Solitary

An “Epidemic” of Brady Violations…ATF Agents Behaving Badly…. Fed Judges Now Add Solitary to CA Prison Talks

December 16, 2013
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CHIEF JUDGE KOZINSKI FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT SEZ THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT The...

2014 Election • FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

SHERIFF’S ELECTIONS WATCH: More Commentary on the Fed Indictments and What They Portend

December 16, 2013
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The unsealing of 18 federal indictments against working and retired members of the Los Angeles...

DCFS • Foster Care • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Prison

Press May Lose Access to LA Dependency Courts, Pregnancy and Parenthood in CA Prisons, Tanaka on Concealed-Carry Permits, the LASD “Asshole Culture,” and More

December 13, 2013
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APPEALS COURT (TENTATIVELY) SAYS JUDGE HAD NO RIGHT TO GRANT MEDIA ACCESS TO DEPENDENCY...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Race • Restorative Justice • Sheriff Lee Baca • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Black Kids 8% of SF Students and 50% of “Defiance” Suspensions…LA Supervisors on LASD Indictments…and Gov. Brown Gets More Time to Drop Prison Pop

December 12, 2013
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SF SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVES TOWARD ELIMINATING SUSPENSIONS FOR “WILLFUL DEFIANCE” AFTER...

2014 Election • Board of Supervisors • FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Law Enforcement • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca

SHERIFF’S ELECTION WATCH: Candidates Comment Re: Fed Indictments…..and on Which Way LA? Ridley-Thomas Talks About Changing the State Charter to Appoint Not Elect LA Sheriffs

December 12, 2013
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CHALLENGERS FOR SHERIFF BACA’S JOB SPEAK OUT After federal indictments were unsealed Monday...

CDCR • Charlie Beck • DCFS • Death Penalty • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Homelessness • LAPD • LAPPL • Mental Illness • Uncategorized

$5.9M LAPD Ticket Quota Settlement…Fed. Judge Orders Improved Care for CA’s Mentally Ill on Death Row…LA Social Worker Strike Ends…and More

December 11, 2013
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LAPD TRAFFIC TICKET QUOTA LAWSUIT SETTLED FOR ALMOST $6M On Tuesday, the LA City Council approved...

2014 Election • Crime and Punishment • FBI • Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca

Federal Indictments, Part 2: Where—and To Whom—-Will They Lead?

December 10, 2013
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On the day after United States Attorney Andre Birotte unveiled five criminal cases that have thus...

2014 Election • FBI • Jail • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Sheriff Lee Baca

FEDS HAND DOWN 18 CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, WORKING & RETIRED

December 9, 2013
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INDICTMENTS DEMONSTRATE: “INSTITUTIONALIZED BEHAVIOR” AND DEPUTIES WHO THOUGHT THEY...

DCFS • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Law Enforcement • Public Defender • Trauma

LA County DCFS Workers Strike, a Close Look at Juvenile Public Defense, the Challenge of Healing Traumatized Kids…and Interrogation Techniques Redux

December 9, 2013
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(NOTE: Today’s posting is a joint project by Walker Taylor & Celeste Fremon) LOS...

FBI • LA County Jail • LASD

Truth & Consequence: The Inmate, The Beating, and the Deputies Who Lied About It – by Matthew Fleischer

December 6, 2013
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After a flood of negative media, a string of high ticket lawsuits, and an aggressively widening FBI...

Bill Bratton • Juvenile Justice • LA County Jail • LAPD • Prosecutors • Sentencing

Report Says Stop Locking Kids Up for “Status” Offenses….Bratton Named NYPD Commissioner…Why Defendants Accept Plea Bargains….& More

December 6, 2013
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NEW REPORT SAYS THAT LOCKING KIDS UP FOR “STATUS” OFFENSES DOES NOT HELP, BUT DOES...

International • International Issues • Life and Life Only

Nelson Mandela: July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013

December 5, 2013
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….During my lifetime I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LAPD • LASD • Prison • Sentencing • Sheriff Lee Baca

LAPD Running Low on Quality Applicants, Baca Discusses Hiring Fiasco, Compassionate Release, and Sentencing Discretion

December 5, 2013
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FEWER QUALIFIED LAPD JOB-SEEKERS LEAVES DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAFFED Over the last few months, the LAPD...

LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • School to Prison Pipeline • Sheriff Lee Baca • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Sheriff to Report to Supes on Hiring Practices, School Districts Across the US Nix Zero-Tolerance…and More

December 4, 2013
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LA SUPERVISORS WANT EXPLANATION FROM SHERIFF BACA ON RECENTLY REVEALED CONTROVERSIAL HIRING...

Innocence • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD • LAUSD

More on the LASD Hiring Story, False Confessions via the “Reid Technique,” and LAUSD’s Vanishing Libraries

December 3, 2013
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LA SUPERVISOR YAROSLAVSKY SAYS NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL SHOULD EXAMINE LASD HIRING On Monday, we...

2014 Election • LASD • LAUSD • Los Angeles Times • School to Prison Pipeline • Sheriff Lee Baca • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

WHO SHOULD BE A COP? LAT’s Disturbing Window into the Hiring Practices of the LA County Sheriff’s Department…and More

December 2, 2013
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On Sunday, the LA Times published an exceptionally well-reported—and disturbing—look...

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