As any avid LAPD watcher knows by now, the short list of three is: First Assistant Chief Jim...
List of 3 for Chief of Police to be Announced Today – UPDATED X2
Waiting for the short list. Last we heard, the Police Commission was going to give the mayor its...
Tod Goldberg Tells Stories
My friend Tod Goldberg is a very funny man who has popularized the term….well, you can find...
Smart Cops, Smart Students…and Wrongful Convictions
Two stories about justice & injustice—and wrongful convictions AN LAPD LIEUTENANT...
The LAPD Officially Moves Into Its New Home
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> One of my very smart Annenberg grad students, Su Liu, happened...
Must Reads: Polanski, Wolves, Tasers & Batons
ROMAN POLANSKI AND SAMANTHA GAILEY: A GIRL’S STARK WORDS STILL ECHO DOWN THE YEARS This is...
The Chief’s Race: A Correction & An Apology
I have come to the conclusion that I owe LA Times reporter Joel Rubin an apology. On Friday...
End of the Week Social Justice Wrap Up
POLICE COMMISSION MAY HAVE THREE CHIEF CHOICES BY TUESDAY—OR NOT According to the LA...
Arresting Alex Sanchez: Part 6: The Judge Real Show
1. The final bail hearing for Alex Sanchez began around 1:40 p.m. on Monday, October 18. Every...
Handicapping the Chief’s Race: Part 1 – UPDATED
Yesterday, blogger Joe Scott, who also works for DA Steve Cooley, wrote that “Gnomes of...
Supremes Take on Gitmo Prisoner Case
It just happened this morning. The NY Times’ Adam Liptak has the best take on the story: The...
Marijuana Dispensaries: the Judge and the Feds
I will have more on the Alex Sanchez tomorrow morning. But on Monday, while Judge Real was...
The Arrest of Alex Sanchez – Part 5: A Game Changer?- UPDATED
UPDATE: No Bail. Not shocked. Much drama. Judge Real is….an intriguing character, shall we...
A Quick, Hipster-ish Take on the Health Care Debate
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> LA videographer Will Cole sent me what he called his...
Sex Offenders in Church & Other Social Justice Shorts
SHOULD SEX OFFENDERS BE BARRED FROM CHURCH? That’s the question that Time Magazine and a...
Democrats and Education: Protecting Failure
Nicholas Kristoff has a column in the New York Times this morning that I wish that I’d...
TX Governor Rick Perry, Tod Willingham, Justice & Politics
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> The Willingham innocence case is back in the news yet again...
Harvey Milk Day Signed into Law by Governor Arnold
Arnold Schwarzenegger seemed to grow wiser at the 11th hour and did not make good on his threat to...