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#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
Gangs • LA County Board of Supervisors

On Which Way LA? Monday Night

April 12, 2010
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I’m on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA tonight, Monday, on KCRW, 89.9, along with the...

Gangs

Patt Morrison Talks to Greg Boyle About….Lots of Things

April 12, 2010
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LA Times’ (and KPCC’s) Patt Morrison did an interview with Father Greg Boyle regarding...

Life and Life Only

Blogging Monday Morning

April 11, 2010
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I’m a bit under the weather. Check back mid-morning. Thanks.

Antonio Villaraigosa • City Budget • Civil Rights • LA City Council • LGBTQ • Media

Fresh Picks: Faux Proms, Net Neutrality & Fiscal Motion Sickness

April 9, 2010
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THE GUTSY LESBIAN GIRL, THE CREEPY FAUX PROM, AND THE SOMEWHAT HAPPIER ENDING A new chapter just...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Prison • Prison Policy

And This Week’s Unequal Justice Award Goes to…

April 9, 2010
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The Sacramento Superior Court who gave a former California prison guard a year in jail for...

City Attorney • Education • Gangs • LAPD • LGBTQ • Skid Row

Thursday Picks

April 8, 2010
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SKID ROW DRUG DEALER GANG INJUNCTION On Wednesday, the LA City Attorney’s office announced a...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Economy

The Mayor’s $73 Million DWP Brinkmanship – UPDATED X2

April 7, 2010
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UPDATE: 2 p.m. Wednesday. The city council has just approved a motion to wrest control of the...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • LAPD

Crime Rate Spikes – The Question is: Why?

April 6, 2010
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Okay, first the facts. The crime rate in LA over the last 13 days has taken a jump, reports New...

Crime and Punishment • Guantanamo • Supreme Court • US Government • War

Military Veterans, the Supremes & Collateral Damage

April 6, 2010

A June 2007 Supreme Court case called Bowles v. Russell, had to do with a Mr. Bowles who missed his...

Jail • LA County Jail • LASD

Three Sheriff’s Deputies Charged With Inmate Assault

April 5, 2010
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Blogging will be a bit lighter today while I’m out in the field. In the meantime, the LA...

Life and Life Only

Earthquake: 7.2 in Baja

April 4, 2010
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In Topanga the motion was dizzying but gentle, like the memory of a rolling sea. Farther south it...

Life and Life Only

Have a Glorious Easter

April 4, 2010
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Business • Economy

The Miracle of & the Betrayal of….NUMMI

April 2, 2010
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After 25 years and 7.7 million cars, Toyota Motors closed its manufacturing plant in Fremont on...

City Attorney • City Government • Crime and Punishment • Education

Friday Fresh Picks – Bail, Parole, Students, Hope & More

April 2, 2010
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REVISITING THAT MILLION $ BAIL FOR THE SUPERGRAPHIC OUTLAW If you’ll remember, last month, I...

Criminal Justice • Immigration & Justice • Supreme Court

Immigration Law, the Supremes & 1 Small Step for Sanity

April 1, 2010
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One of the most vexing—and in many cases, heartbreaking—parts of the giant immigration...

Education • Obits

Jaime Escalante: RIP – The Art of Imparting Ganas

March 31, 2010
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The best thing I can think to do to honor the remarkable Jaime Escalante—and the other...

The Filter

Death Penalty, Stupid RNC Tricks & Other Topics

March 31, 2010
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> On the Filter we discussed: 1. The death penalty for serial...

The Filter

On KNBC’s The Filter Tonight – 7:30 p.m.

March 30, 2010
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I’ll post the video later, but here’s the link to the online real time channel in case...

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