The family of the late Paul Rea, who was 18, claim L.A. County sheriff’s Office Hector Saavedra-Soto shot him to death, in the back, as Rea ran away from him after a traffic stop, then harassed his family with co-defendant Office Argelia Huerta, and that both are members of a “deputy gang” called the Banditos, in federal court.
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A university professor active with the organization Black Lives Matter sued the Los Angeles Police Department, claiming police wrongfully arrested her at a turbulent police oversight meeting in 2018 and later filed false criminal charges against her.
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A former Los Angeles police officer was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder for shooting a man to death during an argument outside a Pomona bar five years ago.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity Wednesday to a Los Angeles police officer facing excessive-force claims for firing into a group of teenagers after he mistook a replica gun for a real weapon.
Read moreJane Doe sued Los Angeles County, its Sheriff’s Department and Det. Neil David Kimball, claiming Kimball raped her when she was 14 and he was a member of the Sex Crimes Unit, in Superior Court.
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Los Angeles police have opened an internal affairs investigation into why the woman who drove the getaway car in the aftermath of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killing was sent home when she tried to turn herself in during the manhunt for the shooter.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Police Department is gathering evidence and video footage in an investigation of an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man authorities say attacked him inside a Southern California Costco Wholesale store.
Read moreLOS ANGELES (CN) –The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged an officer with manslaughter on Tuesday for shooting an
Read moreThe family of a Trader Joe’s manager who was killed after being hit by an LAPD officer’s bullet during a shootout with a suspect following a high-speed chase this past summer has filed a wrongful death suit against the city Thursday.
Read moreA federal jury on Monday cleared a Los Angeles Police Department officer of unlawful deadly force claims for the 2016 shooting death of 14-year-old Jesse Romero.
Read moreLos Angeles police officers pointlessly shot the unarmed Christian Escobedo to death on Jan. 14 for the unforgivable sin of sleeping on a sidewalk, his family claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreAfter months of pressure from police accountability advocates, the Los Angeles Police Department will review its use of data and technology-driven policing methods.
Read moreFor the second time in less than a month, the Los Angeles Police Department released body camera footage showing officers shooting at a violent suspect and killing an innocent bystander in the crossfire.
Read moreA Los Angeles Police officer’s bullet fatally struck a Trader Joe’s employee Saturday during a shootout with a man who led police on a pursuit and fired at officers as he ran into the grocery store, the LAPD police chief revealed Tuesday.
Read moreThe Council on American-Islamic Relations et al. sued Los Angeles in superior court for information on its cooperation with the federal Countering Violent Extremism program, which has stigmatized Muslims and other minorities.
Read moreA former LAPD officer was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison after a hashish oil drug lab exploded in his garage.
Read moreMayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday that Michel Moore will head the Los Angeles Police Department, a veteran of the force and a crime statistics expert who says he wants to build trust between police and communities.
Read moreA coalition of privacy protection advocates on Tuesday demanded that two Los Angeles Police Department crime predicting programs be dismantled, claiming they disproportionately target those who are low-income or people of color and that they collect data on individuals without consent.
Read moreThe city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a woman who police officers fatally shot while she was suffering a mental health episode.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Police Department will use a grant from a national criminal justice research group to clear a backlog of over 500 investigations awaiting DNA testing results after the City Council voted Wednesday to accept the funds.
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