BRATTON MAKES A MOVE Yesterday, Chief Bill Bratton made a rather startling move when, at the...
The Knucklehead Factor – Part I
In the past decade, much has been written and said about the problems related to the LAPD’s...
The Latest on the Chief and the Press
Bill Bratton met with journalists from all over the city on Sunday and issued a rather remarkable...
When a Pencil is a Weapon
My friend, long-time civil rights attorney, Jorge Gonzalez, is one of those who’s been...
More Rubber Bullets and Batons —the Good, the Bad and the Just Plain Annoying – UPDATED
A brief rundown of Friday’s AND SATURDAY’S developments THE GOOD NEWS: Assistant...
The LAPD and MacArthur Park – Part 3
People outside the city may not understand why the MacArthur Park police incident is a big, big...
RE: Batons and Rubber Bullets
Dear LAPD: About those incidents in MacArthur Park. Look. We know that rushing to judgment is a...
Cops & Control Issues
And while we’re on the subject of dehumanization…. [See post below] I’d like to...
You, Me and the Making of Evil
Tuesday’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross featured Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist who was...
Memories of Insurrection
1992 was a terrible and amazing year in Los Angeles. It was the height of the city’s gang...
Take the Deal
In this morning’s NY Times, legal columnist Adam Liptak writes about something that’s...
Habeas Schmabeas – The Fate of the Great Writ
This weekend the NPR radio show, This American Life, replayed an updated version of its 2006...
Be a Teenager, Go to Prison
A couple of attorneys, an urban studies professor and a former Seventeen Magazine editor have...
Back from my hidey-hole (that’s like a spidey-hole only different)
FIRST OF ALL, A MILLION THANKS TO COMMENTERS LIKE WOODY AND RICHARD LOCIRCERO WHO KEPT THE...
Life, Courts, and Blogging..
I’ve just spent the last two days reporting on a story that took me to two different Los...
The Innocence Factor
As commenter, Richard Locicero brought up in the last thread, the notion of execution—lethal...
Lethal Doses of Politics
A new study has just been released by researchers at the University of Miami that provides yet more...
Supremes, Roe and Women, the sequel
A few more interesting takes on the recent Supreme Court decision, Gonzales vs. Carhart, regarding...