The racial, indeed racist character of American justice, how it is conceived, carried out and justified, cannot be sensibly, seriously or honestly denied. We, as a people have lived with and resisted this kind of justice, in reality injustice, for centuries.
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore announced today the agency will create a task force to investigate “follow- home robberies,” which have increased in frequency in recent weeks.
Two civil rights groups today sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on behalf of a Riverside County man who allegedly was unlawfully transferred to an ICE immigration lockup for deportation proceedings even though he is a citizen. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed the federal lawsuit in Los Angeles on behalf of Brian Bukle, 62, of Corona. The lawsuit alleges that state corrections officials handed Bukle over to ICE on June 17, 2020, at a time when immigration detention centers were in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak. The lawsuit does not
The Los Angeles Police Commission tomorrow will consider a proposed budget increase of $213 million, or 12.11%, in the 2022-23 fiscal year, but the City Council and mayor have final approval. The increase would take the department’s operating budget from $1.761 billion to $1.974 billion.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to join his Rainbow PUSH Coalition and other groups on a march in Kenosha on Sunday afternoon to demand criminal justice reform following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
Oklahoma’s governor spared the life of Julius Jones on Thursday, just hours before his scheduled execution that had drawn widespread outcry and protests over doubts about his guilt in the slaying of a businessman more than 20 years ago.
A correctional officer at the federal jail in downtown Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of lying to investigators about his sexual activity with an inmate. Abel Concho, 53, of East Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
An ex-con was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering a former Long Beach City College football player during a robbery outside a fast-food restaurant just over three years ago.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva was continuing today to assail Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which he calls an imminent threat to public safety that could prompt a mass exodus from a department he says is already woefully understaffed.
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said today 1,357 department employees had not submitted their vaccination status as of Friday, and each commander has received a list of their names to begin enforcement of the city’s vaccination and testing mandate.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s on-demand, micro-transit service LAnow returned today with free rides throughout November in Del Rey, Venice, Mar Vista and Palms.
Prosecutors are recommending that an Army veteran from Reseda is sentenced to life imprisonment today for attempting to bomb a Long Beach white supremacist rally.
The bodies of two women and a man were found inside a Balboa Island home in Newport Beach today, and another man at the home was rushed to a hospital.