Criminal justice systems increasingly rely on ankle monitors, despite the burden their use places...
Info coming about the challenger candidates for LA County Sheriff, plus a look at all those would-be judges on the ballot…
Due to our nonprofit status, WitnessLA is forbidden to make political endorsements. However, while...
4th LASD whistleblower talks, & what she & her documents have to say contradicts Sheriff Villanueva’s account of his actions re: the head-kneeling deputy cover-up
As of Wednesday, May 11, a fourth whistleblower from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
Close to 2/3 of Americans feel “angry & fearful” about the near certainty of Roe being overturned; meanwhile more states shield against rogue abortion prosecutions
On Monday morning, CBS released a poll looking at how Americans view the newly-looming specter that...
Schools Would Have More Discretion, No Longer Be Required to Report Certain Student Behavior to Police Under CA Bill
A new bill from Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) seeks to reduce the criminalization of students...
State Audit Examines Bias Within the LASD, Other CA Police Agencies
A new state-level audit of five police agencies in California, including the Los Angeles County...
A third lawsuit brought by LASD whistleblower shoots more giant holes in the sheriff’s tale of his actions re: the head-kneeling deputy, & also describes career-wrecking retaliation, plus racism coming from the top
New LASD eyewitness Luana Haselrig speaks Attorney Vincent Miller has just released the third in...
I Survived Teen Dating Violence. Here’s How We Can Prevent It
by Angela Kim This is the second in a series of essays by survivors of domestic violence in...
Dangerous Games: The human cost of Alex Villanueva’s obstruction of the case of the head-kneeling deputy…and other questionable actions of the LA County Sheriff
The daily dramas created by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva continue. We’ll...
Bills for Crime Victims Gather Support
On Friday, April 29, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his support for seven bills...
A new lawsuit brought by an eyewitness whistleblower shoots giant holes in Villanueva’s story about the incident of the head-kneeling deputy—plus lots more in the way of alleged corruption by LA County’s sheriff
This morning, attorney Vincent Miller released the second complaint in a series of civil rights...
LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva & the matter of threatening journalists
As most readers likely know by now, yesterday, Tuesday April 26, the ever more beleaguered (and...
Opinion – Corrections Departments Must Establish a Pathway to Rehabilitation
By Steve Brooks, Prison Journalism Project For a quarter of a century, I have been waking up...
Supes Vote to Permanently Fund Program to Help the Families of People Who Die in Jail or Who Are Killed by Law Enforcement
On Tuesday, April 19, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to continue...
Why domestic violence survivors like me won’t leave their abusers if that means leaving pets behind
By Carolina Reyes This is the first in a series of essays by survivors of domestic violence in...
Violence & vanishing supervisors at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall
"BJNJH on lockdown," the friend wrote. "5 unit disturbance. Minors on roof. DPO injured fell...
In a surprise move, PPOA—the LASD’s supervisors union—endorses former commander Eli Vera in the race to unseat Sheriff Alex Villanueva
On Wednesday, April 13, the the Professional Peace Officers Association (PPOA), announced that it...
Inspector General issues new subpoena for LA Sheriff & also says Villanueva may break multiple laws with threat to launch criminal investigation into leaking of “bad optics” head-kneeling video
On Thursday evening, April 7, Inspector General Max Huntsman and his office issued a brand new...