EDITOR’S NOTE: The article below is Part Three of WitnessLA’s investigation into the culture of...
Supremes Consider Defendents’ Right to Confront Accusers, & other Legal Issues
CASE BEFORE SCOTUS ASKS: WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE ON THE 6TH AMENDMENT? Wednesday’s WaPo has...
More Stories about the Occupy LA Arrests—and the LASD Aftermath
Although most of the police handled themselves well on Occupy LA Eviction Night, more stories...
HACLA Banditry, Race & Pardons, Deputy Assaults, & Kids Pay for Parents’ Sins
SO CAL CONNECTED EXPOSES OUTRAGEOUS HOUSING AUTHORITY CORRUPTION, HEAD GUY IS OUSTED—AND...
You, Me, Joan Didion and the Devil Wind
As all this blowing continues to tear shingles off roofs, branches off trees, and trees off their...
Dear Sheriff Baca, It’s Time To Steer Your Own Ship—Soon Would be Good
Friday’s LA Times contains an editorial that has strong words for Sheriff Lee Baca, who...
DANGEROUS JAILS, Part 2: Ignoring the Warnings – by Matt Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: The article below is Part Two of WitnessLA’s three-part investigation into the...
Occupy LA: Tuesday Night: LAPD Removes the Occupiers (Mostly) Peacefully
3:25: THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE COME OUT AND SAY A FEW WORDS Villaraigosa said of Chief...
5 Tuesday Must Reads (& a Must Watch)
AMERICAN FAMILIES LIVING IN CARS More than 16 million American kids are living in poverty right...
Occupy LA Showdown: Eviction at 12:01 Doesn’t Happen, Monday Morning, Park Still Occupied (A LIVE-ISH BLOG)
9:23 AM MONDAY: It is unclear what will happen next. But congratulations to LAPD and Occupy LA...
Thankful
Hope your day has been a good one. And what Mick said. We’re all in this together. xoxo: ...
Short Takes: Presidential Pardons, 9th Circuit on Grizzlies, & Bratton on Pepper Patrol, The LA Times on Jails Building
GOOD NEWS, OBAMA ISSUES FIRST COMMUTATION OF HIS PRESIDENCY. BAD NEWS: WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG? AND...
OCCUPY AMAZON: Customer “Reviews” get Peppery and Political
As you will easily discern, the above video documents the troubling and now iconic event that took...
Brandon McInerney, 17, Takes a Deal, Will Get Out When He’s 38
BRANDON MC INERNEY, 17, TAKES A 21-YEAR DEAL FOR THE FATAL SHOOTING OF CLASSMATE LARRY KING As you...
Murder, Dying Inmates, and Acts of Redemption
The LA Times’ Kurt Streeter has written a very affecting 2-part series on prison...
Violence Prevention: Barking With the Choir and Standing With the Despised
Nearly 20 years ago The California Wellness Foundation was one of the first organizations of...
Off to the California Wellness Foundation Conference on Violence Prevention
I’ll be doing a bit of posting from the event, which looks to be excellent this year, but...
Wednesday Short Takes: Medical Parole, Drugs & IQ, and New Crime Theories
ONE OF THE FIRST 24 INMATES RELEASED ON SO-CALLED MEDICAL PAROLE MAY HAVE PAROLE REVOKED DUE TO...