Man Pleads Guilty After His Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter
A Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge of unlawfully operating a drone that struck a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter last year.
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LA Man Charged After Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter
Federal agents arrested a Los Angeles resident Thursday on charges of recklessly flying a drone into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter.
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Case of LAPD Shooting at Fitness Club Likely Headed to Trial
A federal judge indicated Monday she’s likely to advance a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Los Angeles Police Department officer, saying a jury should determine whether police were justified in killing a Black man who attorneys say was unarmed and posing no threat to anyone.
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LAPD Investigating Possible ‘Swatting’ of Black Lives Matter Leader
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a possible prank call Wednesday that triggered a heavily armed police response at the home of leading Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah, who livestreamed the incident as her three children were inside the home.
Read moreModel Officer
A Los Angeles police officer, now fired, fondled a dead woman’s breasts and nipples while investigating her death, the woman’s family says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Read moreLAPD Expands Community-Based Approach to Policing
The Los Angeles Police Department will expand a pilot program to create a new police bureau focused on minimal policing and more reliance on input from residents in their own neighborhoods.
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California AG Pulls LAPD Gang Records From Statewide Database
After finding Los Angeles police officers submitted false reports to a statewide gang database, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Tuesday revoked police agencies’ access to records generated by the LAPD and has asked state lawmakers to reform the program.
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LA Police Officers Accused of Faking Records to Claim People Were Gang Members
Three Los Angeles police officers faces charges of falsifying police reports to claim that people they pulled over during traffic stops had gang allegiance or some affiliation.
Read morePolice Killing
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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Activist Sues LA Over Arrest at Police Oversight Meeting
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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Ex-Los Angeles Policeman Guilty of Murder for 2015 Shooting
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 moreLAPD Officer Must Face Some Claims in Shooting of Teens
The 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.
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Jane 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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LAPD Opens Internal Affairs Inquiry in Nipsey Hussle Case
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 moreLAPD Investigates After Officer Kills Man in Store
The 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 moreLA Officer Faces Manslaughter Charges in Traffic Stop Shooting
LOS ANGELES (CN) –The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged an officer with manslaughter on Tuesday for shooting an
Read moreFamily of Trader Joe’s Worker Killed by Police Crossfire Sues LAPD
The 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 moreJury Clears LAPD Officer in Shooting Death of Teen
A 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 morePolice 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.
Read moreLAPD 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.
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