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#NoKings

Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
#NoKings

The No Kings Act & the fatal shootings by ICE of Alex Pretti & Renee Good

January 27, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying in LA County’s jails: One more death today

January 22, 2026
#DangerousJails

A new deadly year begins in LA County’s Jails

January 14, 2026
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Gangs • LAPD • LASD • LAUSD

Another &^%$##&$ Gang Plan: THE SEQUEL

March 26, 2008
4 Comments

FINALLY….SOME GOOD NEWS Yesterday I was critical of what appeared to be one more gang...

LAPD • LASD • Law Enforcement

Suicide on the Force

March 26, 2008
5 Comments

Yesterday, the LAPD’s chief psychologist, Kevin Jablonski, told the Police Commission that...

Board of Supervisors • City Government • Gangs

Another &^%$##&$ Gang Plan?

March 25, 2008
3 Comments

Yesterday a press release went out announcing that the new “Countywide Gang and Violence...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • City Government • LAPD

More Cops on the Street for Less $$? Go Laura!

March 24, 2008
22 Comments

In an era of dire city and state budget slashing, LA City Controller Laura Chick released a report...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

Sara Jane Olson….and Michael Duc Ta

March 24, 2008
6 Comments

As the perplexing tale of Sara Jane Olson’s release and rearrest continues, I am still unable...

Life and Life Only

Happy Easter

March 23, 2008
6 Comments

Although my own kid is 22, I still force, wheedle, cajole him into an Easter hunt every year in...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Juvenile Justice

Two Cases, Two Kinds of Justice: PART 2 -UPDATED

March 22, 2008
21 Comments

6 PM UPDATE: Sara Jane Olson has just been taken back to prison. It seems that the CDCR counted...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Gangs • Juvenile Justice

Two Cases, Two Kinds of Justice

March 21, 2008
23 Comments

Six years ago, Kathleen Soliah AKA Sara Jane Olson, a former member of Symbionese Liberation Army...

Gangs

Homeboy: The Biz of Reclaiming Lives

March 20, 2008
3 Comments

Nothing is simple. I hear that one of our poets from the Homeboy Stories Project has been...

City Government • Gangs • National Politics • Public Health

One Murder in Particular – UPDATED

March 19, 2008
2 Comments

Kevin Roderick at LA Observed posted a link to this Op Ed that ran in the Long Beach Press Telegram...

Gangs • LAPD • Law Enforcement • Race

Race and Murder in LA

March 19, 2008
3 Comments

The R word is the word of the week. At very different ends of the racial spectrum there was...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race • Race & Justice

“…it is where we start. It is where our union grows stronger”

March 18, 2008
31 Comments

Whatever candidate you want to see become President, whatever your party or political leaning...

International Politics • Tibet

Tibet Watching

March 18, 2008
13 Comments

For those of you who want to take your minds off Baer Stearns and the fact that 2 million Americans...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Death Penalty

Do We Execute the Innocent?

March 17, 2008
18 Comments

Much to the dismay of death penalty court watchers, myself included, today the Georgia Supreme...

Education • LAUSD • State Government • State Politics

Slashing & Burning Education: WWFDRD?

March 16, 2008
16 Comments

Now that California’s education budget is sliding toward the abyss, a local activist asks...

Gangs • Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media

LA Gang Wars IV: Steve Lopez Throws Down

March 14, 2008
36 Comments

LA Times columnist Steve Lopez has been apologizing a lot in the last 48 hours. Here’s...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Criminal Justice • Gangs

LA Gang Wars III: Antonio Finally Sides With Laura

March 14, 2008
2 Comments

The LA Times and others have been trying to get LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to say whether or not...

Education • LAUSD

What Do You Have To Do To Get Fired Around Here??? – UPDATED

March 13, 2008
11 Comments

Remember that Assistant principal who made news for his alleged kidnapping and rape of a...

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