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It’s Official: Los Angeles County Has a New Sheriff! And Alex Villanueva is Already Readying His Team to Take Over the LASD!
With Monday's history making victory in mind, Villanueva has been working with the main people on...
FBI To Begin Collecting National Data on Police Use of Force On Jan 1
The FBI just announced the official launch of their new National Use of Force Data Collection...
Alex Villanueva is 105,036 Votes ahead of LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell With only 185,000 Ballots Left To Count
Well, technically, Los Angeles County still has one more round of vote tallying left, which will...
Supes Vote to Boost Housing Support for LA’s Transition-Age Foster Youth
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion aimed at improving...
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#MeToo Behind Bars: How Federal Investigators Are Ignoring Prison Sexual Assaults They Are Hired to Report
"“We see audit reports where it seems like the auditors have not done even the most basic...
Villanueva Now 86,920 votes ahead In His Remarkable Dark Horse Race Against Incumbent Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell
With just under 261,000 ballots that still need to be counted, retired LA County Sheriff’s...
WitnessLA on KPFK’s DeadlineLA Talking About the LA Sheriff’s Race, Right & Left Cooperating on Justice Reform, and Lots More
On Monday, I was on KPFK’s DeadlineLA with host Howard Blume discussing a list of justice related...
Missing and Murdered Native American Women and Girls – The Data Tracking Crisis
A new report aims to shine a light on the nation’s woefully inadequate data on missing and...
Obama Foundation Announces Local Winners of My Brother’s Keeper Challenge Competition
On Thursday, the Obama Foundation announced the winners of the My Brother’s Keeper Challenge...
Ahead by 57,810 Votes, Villanueva, Declares Victory Over Incumbent McDonnell In LA County’s Nail Biting Sheriff’s Race
After the newest batch of vote results was posted by the L.A. County Registrar indicating that...
Vera Expanding Successful Partnership With Cities to Provide Legal Defense for Immigrants
SAFE at One Year Attorneys provided more than 400 immigrants facing deportation with legal...
What Does Villanueva’s New 22,000 Vote Lead Over McDonnell for Sheriff Tell Us? – UPDATED
Whoever told the sheriff he could skip those debates, Levenson said, "gave him bad advice."
Susan Burton’s Prison Book Tour Goes to Aliceville & Tutwiler Prisons for Women & Finds Pointless Dehumanization
Even though the women were trying to have hope, I recognized those symptoms of dehumanization as I...
A Salute To Our Nation’s Veterans With Our Deepest Gratitude
"The willingness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire...
Op-Ed: If a Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Tool Does Not Satisfy These Criteria, It Needs to Stay Out of the Courtroom
By Hayley Tsukayama and Jamie Williams, Electronic Frontier Foundation Artificial...