Police Killing
Los 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.
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LAPD Officials Promise Review of Tech-Based Policing Methods
After months of pressure from police accountability advocates, the Los Angeles Police Department will review its use of data and technology-driven policing methods.
Read moreLAPD Video Shows Officers Fatally Shooting a Hostage
For 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 moreWoman Killed in Trader Joe’s Shootout Struck by LAPD Gunfire
A 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 moreAnti-Muslim Prejudice
The 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 moreBad Cop Gets Five
A former LAPD officer was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison after a hashish oil drug lab exploded in his garage.
Read moreNew Pick for LAPD Police Chief Revealed
Mayor 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 moreActivists Call For an End to LA’s Predictive Policing Program
A 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 moreLA Will Pay $1.9M Settlement for Woman Killed by Police
The 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 moreGrant Will Help LA Clear DNA Testing Backlog
The 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.
Read moreDrunken Police
Los Angeles police officer Edgar Verduzco faces murder and manslaughter charges for causing a collision last September that killed three people, while he was off-duty, driving drunk and speeding.
Read moreLos Angeles Police Bodycam Videos Go Public
A new policy requiring that video from Los Angeles Police Department body cameras, drones and patrol cars be released to the public went into effect Thursday, officially reversing the department’s previous, longstanding position of withholding such material.
Read moreTeenager Accuses LAPD Officer of Kidnapping & Assault
A 13-year-old boy videotaped in a struggle with an off-duty LAPD officer — who fired his gun — has sued the officer, Anaheim, Los Angeles and both police departments.
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Ninth Circuit Nixes LAPD Vehicle Impoundment Policy
The Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Los Angeles Police Department violated the Fourth Amendment prohibition of unlawful seizures by impounding a woman’s car after she showed officers she owned the vehicle and had a valid license.
Read moreAmid Deportation Fears, LAPD Finds Fewer 911 Calls by Latinos
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday that an analysis of emergency call data revealed a decrease in 911 calls from two predominantly Hispanic areas of the city, bolstering concerns that undocumented immigrants are wary of contacting police out of fear of deportation.
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ACLU Sues LA Police for Stonewalling Records Requests
The Los Angeles Police Department routinely, and illegally, rejects requests for public documents on warrantless surveillance and fatal officer-involved shootings, three ACLU-backed researchers say in a lawsuit.
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LAPD Officers Cleared in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man
The Los Angeles district attorney on Tuesday declined to press charges against the LAPD officers who shot to death Ezell Ford, a mentally ill black man, finding that they acted in self-defense.
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Appeal Fights LAPD’s Power to Seize Cars
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday heard the appeal of a class action from a woman who says a Los Angeles city policy that allows it to impound cars for 30 days without a warrant is an unconstitutional taking.
Read moreParents Call LAPD ‘Cowardly’ Killers
The family of a Latino teenager who was shot 19 times have cast doubt on the account of two Los Angeles police officers who say the 16-year-old pointed a sawed-off shotgun at them before they opened fire.
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