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“It’s been two months since Angelenos woke up to a completely frightening reality on our city streets,” said Los Angeles City ...
On Tuesday, July 8, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, along with the LA County Board of Supervisors ...
During her eight-year tenure, former Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey was repeatedly criticized for her failure to file charges in the cases of all but one of the fatal on-duty police ...
Two Wisconsin police officers were placed on leave Monday while state authorities investigate what happened on Sunday evening that led to another Black man being shot by cops. A little after 5 p.m., ...
It’s already been an unusual July 4 weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a number of celebrations out of ...
In a new legal claim, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy describes how the Compton Sheriff’s Station has, in the last few years, been permeated by “a violent deputy gang” called the Executioners.
A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) like the Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...
On Tuesday, September 13, after hearing about persistent, inhumane conditions at Los Angeles County’s jail intake center, the LA County Board of Supervisors used a spur-of-the-moment motion to ...
LA County Probation Disturbing new lawsuit alleging 16-year-old boy forced to take estrogen in LA juvenile hall as behavior control “medication” points again to urgent need for oversight of nation’s ...
This is the first in a multi-part series about racial and economic disparities in LA County’s child welfare system, and the impact family surveillance and separation has on kids and their parents.
Last year, according to Los Angeles County Probation officials, thirteen kids under the county’s supervision filed what are technically known as PREA grievances against probation staff members.