Warren Olney’s Which Way LA has a good line up of people talking about the pepper spray...
SMC Students Pepper Sprayed, Supes Lay Down the Law With Realignment, Colorado Closing Prisons and More
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE STUDENTS PROTESTING RATE HIKES PEPPER SPRAYED (NOTE: Taylor Walker...
Supes Ask County Auditor-Controller to Examine LASD Aero Bureau Contract
Responding to a motion by LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, the board of supervisors voted...
Too Many People Locked Up Say Americans In New Survey, Antonio Goes to D.C. for Gangs, Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking…and More
EDITOR’S NOTE: Starting today, the very smart and talented Taylor Walker is helping me gather...
LASD INVESTIGATIONS: AERO BUREAU – PART 2: IRREGULARITIES… Tales of Safety-Risking Policies, Loyalty Oaths, Falsified Records & Take-home Helicopters
( When 31-year Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department veteran Lieutenant Edison Cook came to the...
Must Reads & Short Takes for Cesar Chavez Friday
it slipped my mind that today was Cesar Chavez Day. So since many are taking the day off (and...
MISSING SCHOOL: LAUSD’s Chronic Student Absences & What to Do About Them…Plus Child Dependency Court & Reax to Dizzying Health Care Arguments
Chronic truancy is a daunting problem in districts all over California, but it’s far worse in...
Late in Posting – UPDATED
Back mid-morning. Stay tuned. UPDATE: Well, so much for that “mid-morning” thingy. ...
LASD INVESTIGATIONS: AERO BUREAU – PART 1: THE CONTRACT. Did the Sheriff’s Department Over Pay Drastically for Work and Equipment on Its New Fleet of Helicopters?
EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, WitnessLA acquired an LASD internal report that we have...
SCOTUS Healthcare Arguments Today (We Hope), & Thinking About Trayvon Martin
TODAY, MONDAY, SCOTUS BEGINS HISTORIC HEARINGS ON HEALTH CARE—OR MAYBE NOT Say what? Can it...
LASD Sends Case to DA Alleging Aero Bureau Officials Helped Manipulate a Multi-Million $ Helicopter Contract Creating Gigantic Overcharges
Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department sent to the Public Integrity...
SCOTUS and…Health Care, Cameras & the Rights of Accused in Plea Bargains
THE SUPREME COURT HEALTH CARE ARGUMENT: “ITS NOT ABOUT THE LAW, STUPID This coming Monday...
Jumped In: Jorja Leap Looks at Gang Violence Through a Very Personal Lens
My friend Jorja Leap has written a wonderful new book called Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me About...
Sheriff Lee Baca Considers Closing Parts of Men’s Central Jail….and More News
Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, of the LA Times report that Sheriff Lee Baca may be planning to...
Foxconn, Apple, This American Life….and Reactions to the Great News Retraction
On January 6, of this year Ira Glass’s This American Life aired a show about the FoxConn...
Anatomy of Injustice: Ray Bonner Talks About His “Labor of Outrage”
People often ask Pulitzer-winning journalist turned author, Raymond Bonner, if his new book...
Friday Must Reads: Birth Control, Secret Spy Centers and…um… Geese
This “Must Read” list strays a little afield from our usual criminal justice and...
WitnessLA Reportedly Now Blocked on Sheriff’s Dept. Work Station Computers
If you work at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, when you are taking a break at work...