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LA County To Hold Inquests in Three 2020 Deputy Shooting Deaths 

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office will conduct inquests this week into the 2020 fatal shootings of three men by sheriff’s deputies. 

    

Beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, inquests will be held on consecutive  days into the shooting deaths of 47-year-old Dana “Malik” Young Jr., 41-year-  old Samuel Herrera Jr. and 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee.

Attorneys for Bill Cosby Lay Out Why Supreme Court Should Toss Conviction

Cosby’s lawyers remain convinced that since Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele invited the testimony of five women who allegedly had encounters with Cosby in the 1980s, there was no reason to bring up the comedian’s alleged behavior from the 1970s.

OIG Review Reveals Deputy Misconduct

Deputies found to have assaulted their wives and driven under the influence at more than 100 miles per hour are among those who remain employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, according to a report discussed with the Board of Supervisors this week.

Man Indicted for Nipsey Hussle Killing

A 29-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to a grand jury indictment charging him with the March 31 killing of Nipsey Hussle and the wounding of two other men in front of the rapper’s clothing store in South Los Angeles. The indictment charges Eric Ronald Holder Jr. with one count each of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts each of attempted murder and assault with a firearm, along with the allegations that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm and caused great bodily injury and death. The indictment — which was handed up May

Oversight Commission Asks Inspector General to Review Deputy Cliques

The watchdog panel that oversees the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department asked the county’s inspector general to conduct an inquiry into secret deputy cliques that have proliferated for years and been implicated in violence against jail inmates and harassment of fellow deputies.

Woman Sues Alleging Sexual Assault by Uber Driver

The plaintiff is identified only as Jane Doe in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed against Uber Technologies Inc. and Alaric Spence, alleging sexual battery, false imprisonment, battery, civil rights violations and intentional infliction of emotional.