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Criminal Government 

Man Pleads Guilty After His Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Aviation, drones, LAPD, Police

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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Criminal 

LA Man Charged After Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
crash, drones, LAPD, Los Angeles

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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Courts 

Case of LAPD Shooting at Fitness Club Likely Headed to Trial

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
fitness, LAPD, police shooting, Wrongful Death

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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Criminal Regional 

LAPD Investigating Possible ‘Swatting’ of Black Lives Matter Leader

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Black Lives Matter, LAPD, Los Angeles County, Police, race, threats

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.

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Civil Rights Government 

Model Officer

August 11, 2020August 12, 2020 BRIEF
LAPD, sexual assault

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.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government Regional 

LAPD Expands Community-Based Approach to Policing

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 NATHAN SOLIS
LAPD, Los Angeles, Police

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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Government Regional 

California AG Pulls LAPD Gang Records From Statewide Database

July 14, 2020July 15, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
California, digital data, Gangs, LAPD, reforms

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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Criminal Regional 

LA Police Officers Accused of Faking Records to Claim People Were Gang Members

July 10, 2020July 13, 2020 NATHAN SOLIS
evidence, Gangs, LAPD, Los Angeles, Police, traffic

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.

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Civil Rights 

Police Killing

February 24, 2020February 25, 2020 BRIEF
LAPD, Police Killing, teens, Wrongful Death

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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Civil Rights Government 

Activist Sues LA Over Arrest at Police Oversight Meeting

February 11, 2020February 12, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Black Lives Matter, false arrest, LAPD, Los Angeles

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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Criminal Government Regional 

Ex-Los Angeles Policeman Guilty of Murder for 2015 Shooting

February 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAPD, murder, Shooting, verdict

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.

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Appeals Civil Rights 

LAPD Officer Must Face Some Claims in Shooting of Teens

August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
due process, Excessive Force, LAPD, Ninth Circuit, police shooting, 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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Civil Rights Government Personal Injury 

LA Sheriff’s Office

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 BRIEF
LAPD, Los Angeles, rape, sheriffs, teens

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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Criminal Entertainment 

LAPD Opens Internal Affairs Inquiry in Nipsey Hussle Case

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAPD, Manhunt, murder, rappers, Shooting

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.

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Latest Headlines Regional 

LAPD Investigates After Officer Kills Man in Store

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, LAPD, Police Killing, retail

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.

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Criminal Government 

LA Officer Faces Manslaughter Charges in Traffic Stop Shooting

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
LAPD, Los Angeles, Police, Police Killing, police shooting

LOS ANGELES (CN) –The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged an officer with manslaughter on Tuesday for shooting an

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Courts Government Regional 

Family of Trader Joe’s Worker Killed by Police Crossfire Sues LAPD

November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
LAPD, Los Angeles, Police Killing, supermarkets

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.

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Civil Rights Government Law 

Jury Clears LAPD Officer in Shooting Death of Teen

November 19, 2018November 20, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
California, LAPD, Los Angeles, police shooting, teens

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.

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Civil Rights Personal Injury 

Police Killing

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
LAPD, Los Angeles, Police Killing, Wrongful Death

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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Regional Technology 

LAPD Officials Promise Review of Tech-Based Policing Methods

August 14, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
LAPD, Los Angeles, Police

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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