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#Oversight

The Battle over Oversight: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But he has a lot more to tell us.

December 17, 2025
#Oversight

Intro: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General, has announced his retirement. And thankfully he’s not going quietly

December 10, 2025
#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
Juvenile Justice • Supreme Court

Did Florida’s LWOP 13-year-old Get a Fair Trial?

November 5, 2009
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Amy Bach, author of Ordinary Justice: How America Holds Court, has a troubling article in Slate...

Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD

Meet the New Chief-to-Be

November 5, 2009
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa invites you personally (plus all your closest friends and associates) to...

Bill Bratton • Charlie Beck • LAPD • Los Angeles Times

Choosing Charlie Beck: The Spin Factor & the Future

November 5, 2009
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Most who closely tracked the selection of, at first, 13-candidates, then three finalists, and...

Life and Life Only

Back later this morning. UPDATED X2

November 4, 2009
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Feeling slightly under the weather. But back mid morning with more on the choice of a new...

Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD

It’s Charlie!

November 3, 2009
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Although many false messages went out last night…… (More about that later or tomorrow.)...

Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD

Choosing the Chief: THIS IS IT!

November 3, 2009
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The official announcement is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. at Getty House. The news...

Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD

Choosing the Chief: Rumor Central

November 2, 2009
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I am hearing from surprisingly credible sources that everyone’s sure bet of this weekend may...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • LAPD

Choosing the Chief: Tuesday is the New Monday

November 2, 2009
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Okay, so we were all geared up, popcorn in hand, waiting for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to announce...

Social Justice Shorts

Sunday/Monday Picks

November 2, 2009
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BILL BRATTON AS CHIEF – LOOKING BACK Frank Stolz has a very good three-part series that gives...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Elections

Gavin Bailing, Jerry’s Guy Taping, Antonio Thinking…?

October 31, 2009
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Okay, Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race for California Governor, for “family”...

LAPD • Radio

On Deadline LA Talking About Choosing the C.O.P

October 30, 2009
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I’ll be on KPFK’s Deadline LA today along with the LA Times’ Joel Rubin talking...

Supreme Court

How 2 SCOTUS LWOP Cases May Affect California

October 30, 2009
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The Daily Journal’s Supreme Court reporter, Lawrence Hurley, has written a very good, very...

LAPD

McDonnell’s USC Visit and a Great Teacher Story

October 30, 2009
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Annenberg grad student, Kevin Grant, has this well-written report of Jim McDonnell’s Tuesday...

Homelessness • LAPD

Owning LA’s Homelessness

October 30, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Every night, 43,000 people in LA County have no place to...

LAPD • Law Enforcement

Andre Birotte Jr. 4 US Attorney? Please, Let it Be So!

October 29, 2009
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All morning emails have been flying about the fact that, Wednesday night, Scott Glover of the...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Courts • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • LAPD

Tom Hayden on Alex Sanchez & the Power of Judges

October 29, 2009
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Tom Hayden opens his latest column in The Nation magazine as follows: I never expected to write...

Media

Tonight: “Which Way LA?” plus KNBC’s “The Filter”

October 28, 2009
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I’m on Which Way LA? tonight ( Wednesday night) at 7 p.m. I’ll be discussing the...

Bill Bratton • LAPD

Picking the Chief: 3 Finalists Named & 1 Comes to Class

October 28, 2009
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The timing was perfect. Three weeks ago, when LAPD Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell agreed to speak...

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