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How the 9th circuit told the U.S. President NO regarding POTUS’s plan to keep CA from counting 20,000 of our state’s votes.

October 26, 2026
#JusticeBriefs2026

Op-Ed: The Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas Is Not a Joke: Representative Democracy Is at Stake

October 9, 2026
#Justice • #The California Justice Report

WitnessLA Comes to Substack

October 7, 2026
#NoKings

A quick look at how SCOTUS ruled in favor of Democracy, then our nation went to war, and the president threatened the Supremes

March 18, 2026
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Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
Foster Care • Guns • LAPD • LASD • Race • Race & Justice • Sheriff Lee Baca • State Government • State Politics

2 More Dorner Stories …Does Baca Play Favorites With Concealed Weapon Permits?….Foster Care & More Dead Kids….Gun Advocates & Death Threats

February 15, 2013
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DORMER, THE LAPD AND A PSYCHOLOGICAL “CEMETERY FULL OF GHOSTS” “We’ve got...

LAPD • Law Enforcement

DORNER: Opening LAPD Board of Rights Hearings, A Former LAPD Cop Says He Lived What Dormer Describes, Audio Questions…and More

February 14, 2013
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WILL DORNER’S CASE BRING A RETURN TO OPEN BOARD OF RIGHTS HEARINGS FOR THE LAPD? LAPD Board...

Law Enforcement • Life and Life Only

Honoring Officer Michael Crain of the Riverside PD, with Grief and Gratitude

February 13, 2013
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Flogging Molly’s song below was the first piece of music played...

LAPD • Law Enforcement

DORNER BREAKING: It’s Over. We Think. SBSD Says Human Remains Found in Cabin – UPDATED

February 12, 2013
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FINAL TUESDAY UPDATE 11:00 pm: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept says investigators have...

LAPD • Law Enforcement

BREAKING: Dorner Surrounded in Big Bear, 2 Officers Shot, 1 Has Reportedly Died, Fluid Situation

February 12, 2013
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1:48 PM: It appears that two deputies were injured by Dorner in a shootout in the Big Bear area. ...

CDCR • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Human Rights • Prison • Prison Policy

The Cost of Bad Justice, in CA, TX and Back to CA Again

February 12, 2013
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INMATE LAWSUITS COST CALIF. $200 MILLION A YEAR (AND THAT’S BEFORE YOU GET TO THE COUNTY AND...

LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

LASD NEWS: Problematic Baca Nephews & Mysterious Cambodian Vests

February 11, 2013
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SURREPTITIOUSLY BOUGHT AND SHIPPED LASD VESTS THAT WENT TO CAMBODIA...

Charlie Beck • LAPD • Lists • Race • Race & Justice

LAPD Chief Beck’s Plans To Reopen the Dorner Dismissal Case Should Be the 1st Step. More Concrete Steps Must Follow

February 10, 2013
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As most of you have doubtless heard by now, in an interview with CBS’s Pat Harvey on...

Gangs • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

WitnessLA on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? Discussing Jump Out Boys Planned Firing, Deputy Gangs in General, and More – UPDATED

February 8, 2013
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UPDATE: THIS SEEMS TO BE MY WEEK FOR RADIO. I’M GOING TO BE ON WITH SUZI WEISSMAN ON...

CDCR • Charlie Beck • Crime and Punishment • Gangs • LAPD • LASD • Marijuana Laws • Medical Marijuana • Realignment

The LASD Moves to Fire 7 “Jump Out Boys”….No More Posturing About Realignment Please…..Close to a Ruling on Banning Pot Dispensaries….and More

February 7, 2013
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FIRING THE JUMP OUT BOYS According to LASD spokesman, Steve Whitmore, the Sheriff’s...

Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Probation • Unions

Probation Chief Jerry Powers and 4 Probation Unions Get into A Very Ugly Battle

February 6, 2013
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BACK ROOM TUG OF WAR BREAKS INTO THE OPEN It all started when LA County Probation Chief Jerry...

Elections • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell is Contemplating Running for LA Sheriff

February 6, 2013
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LONG BEACH CHIEF JIM MCDONNELL IS CONTEMPLATING A RUN FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF We’ve...

CDCR • Elections • Free Speech • Jail • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Baca Reportedly Hires LASD’s New Head of Custody & New LASD Memo Causes Concern.

February 6, 2013
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BACA HIRES A CUSTODY CHIEF? Sheriff Lee Baca has reportedly chosen Terri McDonald, up until...

How Appealing • Innocence • Marijuana Laws • Medical Marijuana • Mental Illness • Prison • Prison Policy • Prosecutors

Will TX Hold a Prosecutor Accountable? …..Can Local CA Gov’ts Legally Ban Med Pot Dispensaries? ….and a Look at Mental Illness & Lock-Up

February 5, 2013
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TEXAS USES AN ARCANE LAW TO POSSIBLY—JUST POSSIBLY—HOLD ACCOUNTABLE A PROMINENT FORMER...

Crime and Punishment • Juvenile Justice • Law Enforcement • Sexual abuse

New Head of National Juvie Justice Office (Finally) Named….Priest Accused of Molestation Was Working for LAUSD [See UPDATE!]…When Cops Lie Under Oath

February 4, 2013
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AFTER 4 YEARS OF LAGGING, OBAMA NAMES HEAD OF THE DOJ’S JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION (OJJDP) On...

Juvenile Justice • LGBTQ

Kruti Parekh of Youth Justice Coalition is one of Liberty Hill’s 5 New LA Leaders to Watch

February 4, 2013
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Each year the Liberty Hill Foundation names five local “Leaders to Watch,” the idea...

CDCR • LASD • Marijuana Laws • Medical Marijuana • Sheriff Lee Baca

Baca Says No More Political Donations, The CDCR’s New Guy…and 4 More States May Reform Pot Laws – UPDATED

February 1, 2013
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Sheriff Lee Baca has announced to the rank and file of the department that the troubling habit of...

Children and Adolescents • Education • Guns • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

About that More Guns in Schools Thingy, Californians Surveyed Say No

January 31, 2013
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A new poll indicates that California voters strongly believe that more mental health services and...

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