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#NoKings

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
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

LA Times Finds More on Sheriff’s Department clique, “The Jump Out Boys”

May 10, 2012
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The LA Times Robert Faturechi has a follow-up to his story about another LASD clique, specifically...

Academic Freedom • American Voices • Journalism • Media

Saving “LA Youth”—The Nation’s Largest Youth Newspaper Needs Help ASAP

May 10, 2012
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We want our kids to be informed, thinking, confident compassionate, educated people, such a goal is...

American Voices • Writers and Writing

The Voices No One Else Can Hear: What It’s like to be a Kid With Schizophrenia

May 10, 2012
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story by an LA boy named Brian who struggles with schizophrenia, (his...

Medical Marijuana • Obama

Obama, Medical Marijuana, Fighting Back. & the Kelly Thomas Case

May 9, 2012
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MAD AS HELL AND NOT GOING TO FUND IT ANY MORE For past months, federal law enforcement has...

Board of Supervisors • Jail • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca

Independent Monitor Says Reform in LASD Will Rest on Baca’s Leadership

May 8, 2012
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In Monday, special counsel to the LA County Board of Supervisors, Merrick Bobb, issued his...

LAUSD

Lawsuit Says LAUSD is Paying $10 Million Extra for Waste Pick Up

May 8, 2012
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WitnessLA has acquired some interesting documents this week regarding the ongoing dispute around...

CDCR • Juvenile Justice • LAPD • Law Enforcement • LWOP Kids

Trying Yet Another 14-year-old as an Adult, Dispute Over LAPD Discipline…and More

May 8, 2012
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by Taylor Walker ANOTHER TRAGIC MURDER, ANOTHER 14-YEAR-OLD KID TRIED AS AN ADULT? Los Angeles...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Immigration & Justice • Innocence • Media • Must Reads • Supreme Court

4 Monday Must Reads & 1 Must Watch

May 7, 2012
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with Taylor Walker SUPREME COURT COULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR HUGE NUMBERS OF DEPORTED IMMIGRANTS TO...

LASD

LASD INVESTIGATIONS: MOTORCYCLE MADNESS: Did a Sheriff’s Cmdr. use LASD workers as his personal mechanics? by Matt Fleischer

May 4, 2012
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LASD MOTORCYCLE MADNESS by Matthew Fleischer Did a Sheriff’s Department commander have his...

American Artists • American Voices • Bears and Alligators • Juvenile Justice • LWOP Kids

Friday’s Juvenile Justice Must Reads (Plus Bear & Wolf Stories)

May 4, 2012
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by Taylor Walker USING PHOTOGRAPHS TO CHANGE MINDS ABOUT LOCKED UP KIDS The Juvenile-in-Justice...

Civil Liberties • DEA • Foster Care • Sentencing

The 5-Day, No Water DEA Detention, GA Gets Sensible, and Foster Kids Get New Apartment Keys

May 3, 2012
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By Taylor Walker THE 5-DAY NON-ARREST, NO WATER LOCK-UP Some of you may already have seen short...

LAPD • Occupy

Dear Cop Whacking Protesters: Occupy Some CommonSense

May 2, 2012
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Although nearly all of LA’s May Day demonstrators and LA’s police, did their respective...

Education • FBI • How Appealing • LAUSD • Occupy • Supreme Court

FBI Stings Inept Anarchists, Dim Views of the Supremes, Adult Ed….and More

May 2, 2012
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A song for May Day, 2012, “Jack of All Trades” THE FBI HEROICALLY STINGS, THEN...

Jail • LASD • Los Angeles County • Supreme Court

SCOTUS Declines to Let Baca Legally Off the Hook in Jail Stabbing Case; So What Does That Suggest for Paul Tanaka’s Legal Future?

May 1, 2012
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On Monday, the US Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal that could have shielded Sheriff...

Uncategorized

4/29/1992 – 4/29/2012: Letters From the New LAPD About Then and Now

April 30, 2012
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Interviews with and essays by some of those in the LAPD who were around in 1992, and were forever...

CDCR • Death Penalty • Los Angeles Times • Solitary

Death Penalty Initiative Qualifies, DA Candidates Opine (Badly), LA Thinks About April 30, 1992…& Much More

April 27, 2012
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by Celeste Fremon and Taylor Walker While WLA was dark earlier this week, a few things happened...

Juvenile Justice

EDITOR’S NOTE: WitnessLA Will Be on Haitus Until Friday 4/27

April 22, 2012
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WitnessLA is going to be dark for a few days this week while I am in New York City to take part in...

LASD • Sheriff Lee Baca • The LA Justice Report

Sheriff’s Department Probes Yet Another Secret Deputy Clique

April 20, 2012
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Secret deputy cliques within the Los Angeles Sheriff’s department have been a problem for the...

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