Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Less than a week after video surfaced of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, the man challenging Jackie Lacey for the office of Los Angeles County district attorney By late June, after weeks of unrest and protests over Floyd’s death that included demands for her resignation, to investigate future police killings, a possible nod to criticisms that internal reviews are biased toward police. The November contest between Lacey and former San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascón to oversee the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Less than a week after video surfaced of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, the man challenging Jackie Lacey for the office of Los Angeles County district attorney By late June, after weeks of unrest and protests over Floyd’s death that included demands for her resignation, to investigate future police killings, a possible nod to criticisms that internal reviews are biased toward police. The November contest between Lacey and former San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascón to oversee the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | AdvertisementZachary Hammond, an unarmed white 19-year-old, was in the middle of a seemingly routine vehicle stop in South Carolina last week when a police officer fatally shot him.Zachary Hammond, 19, was killed July 26. (Bland Richter)Police have said the officer fired in self-defense during a drug sting, but a subsequent autopsy seems to counter the officer’s claim that Hammond tried to hit him with a car.Hammond’s death left his family scrambling for answers, but it did not spark the national outcry that has accompanied other fatal police...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | AdvertisementZachary Hammond, an unarmed white 19-year-old, was in the middle of a seemingly routine vehicle stop in South Carolina last week when a police officer fatally shot him.Zachary Hammond, 19, was killed July 26. (Bland Richter)Police have said the officer fired in self-defense during a drug sting, but a subsequent autopsy seems to counter the officer’s claim that Hammond tried to hit him with a car.Hammond’s death left his family scrambling for answers, but it did not spark the national outcry that has accompanied other fatal police...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In one video, at least eight Los Angeles police officers surround a woman lying in a Hollywood street as the buzz of a Taser fills the air. People scream from apartment balconies for the officers, who appear to be firing the stun gun at the woman, to stop.In another video, an LAPD vehicle barrels into a crowd of protesters in Pershing Square, nearly driving over one before backing up and speeding away as protesters throw objects at the car.On Tuesday, footage of a curfew arrest in Hollywood ends with the unarmed arrestee held at...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In one video, at least eight Los Angeles police officers surround a woman lying in a Hollywood street as the buzz of a Taser fills the air. People scream from apartment balconies for the officers, who appear to be firing the stun gun at the woman, to stop.In another video, an LAPD vehicle barrels into a crowd of protesters in Pershing Square, nearly driving over one before backing up and speeding away as protesters throw objects at the car.On Tuesday, footage of a curfew arrest in Hollywood ends with the unarmed arrestee held at...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles County’s top public health official announced an investigation into over the weekend that seemed to fly in the face of social distancing requirements as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Southern California.Barbara Ferrer, director of the county’s public health department, said both her office and the state would be investigating the July 31 event on Vine Street.“We had inspectors out there the very next day. As many of you know, that place is shuttered and closed for business. The owners have said they only opened...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles County’s top public health official announced an investigation into over the weekend that seemed to fly in the face of social distancing requirements as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Southern California.Barbara Ferrer, director of the county’s public health department, said both her office and the state would be investigating the July 31 event on Vine Street.“We had inspectors out there the very next day. As many of you know, that place is shuttered and closed for business. The owners have said they only opened...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hundreds of criminal cases involving are now under review by prosecutors after corruption allegations sparked questions about whether their past police work could be suspect.Prosecutors are already analyzing pending cases to determine if they can move forward on the strength of evidence other than the charged officers’ testimony, but past cases and convictions — including those based on plea deals — could also be revisited, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said.Her office is sending letters to more than 750 defendants...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hundreds of criminal cases involving are now under review by prosecutors after corruption allegations sparked questions about whether their past police work could be suspect.Prosecutors are already analyzing pending cases to determine if they can move forward on the strength of evidence other than the charged officers’ testimony, but past cases and convictions — including those based on plea deals — could also be revisited, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said.Her office is sending letters to more than 750 defendants...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement James Butler was tired of watching protests against racial injustice end abruptly each night as Los Angeles police ordered demonstrators to go home. The 22-year-old founder of Black Future Project, one of many new activist groups that sprang up in the city amid waves of demonstrations following the death of George Floyd, was among thousands of marchers who took to the streets earlier this summer calling for wholesale change to a criminal justice system he feels routinely brutalizes Black and brown people.But as city and county...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement James Butler was tired of watching protests against racial injustice end abruptly each night as Los Angeles police ordered demonstrators to go home. The 22-year-old founder of Black Future Project, one of many new activist groups that sprang up in the city amid waves of demonstrations following the death of George Floyd, was among thousands of marchers who took to the streets earlier this summer calling for wholesale change to a criminal justice system he feels routinely brutalizes Black and brown people.But as city and county...WW…

Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |Advertisement/A Van Nuys watch and jewelry store is broken into Monday. /An LAPD officer arrests a looting suspect in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store.  /A looting arrest in Van Nuys. /AJ Lovelace tries to stop people from breaking into a Walgreens store at Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue. “We need peace, and we need someone to talk to each other,” he said after they fled the scene. /An LAPD officer arrests a looting suspect in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store.  /People break into and...…Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |Advertisement/A Van Nuys watch and jewelry store is broken into Monday. /An LAPD officer arrests a looting suspect in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store.  /A looting arrest in Van Nuys. /AJ Lovelace tries to stop people from breaking into a Walgreens store at Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue. “We need peace, and we need someone to talk to each other,” he said after they fled the scene. /An LAPD officer arrests a looting suspect in an alley behind a Hollywood Boulevard store.  /People break into and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Criminal charges against more than two dozen demonstrators arrested last summer in Beverly Hills must be tossed out because an emergency ordinance the city used to arrest the protesters is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Friday.The wealthy enclave city set amid Los Angeles took an unusually aggressive posture toward protesters who were part of mass demonstrations that took place across the region and country against the killings by police of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. As many of the county’s top law enforcement officials,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Criminal charges against more than two dozen demonstrators arrested last summer in Beverly Hills must be tossed out because an emergency ordinance the city used to arrest the protesters is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Friday.The wealthy enclave city set amid Los Angeles took an unusually aggressive posture toward protesters who were part of mass demonstrations that took place across the region and country against the killings by police of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. As many of the county’s top law enforcement officials,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Dist. Atty. George Gascón has requested that law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County provide his office with the names of deputies and officers who have histories of misconduct that might affect their credibility in court. In a letter this week, Gascón requested the names and employee numbers of current and former deputies and officers “who have engaged in acts of moral turpitude,” including those with sustained findings of tampering with evidence, misappropriating property, dishonesty, family violence and other...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Dist. Atty. George Gascón has requested that law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County provide his office with the names of deputies and officers who have histories of misconduct that might affect their credibility in court. In a letter this week, Gascón requested the names and employee numbers of current and former deputies and officers “who have engaged in acts of moral turpitude,” including those with sustained findings of tampering with evidence, misappropriating property, dishonesty, family violence and other...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The founder of the Oakland arts collective that became the site of one of the deadliest fires in California history will receive a plea deal in which he will serve less than 10 years in prison, ending a years-long legal saga that followed the deaths of 36 people inside the Ghost Ship warehouse. Relatives of the victims were told Wednesday morning that Derick Almena will be offered a deal that would see him sentenced to nine years in state prison instead of facing a second trial on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The founder of the Oakland arts collective that became the site of one of the deadliest fires in California history will receive a plea deal in which he will serve less than 10 years in prison, ending a years-long legal saga that followed the deaths of 36 people inside the Ghost Ship warehouse. Relatives of the victims were told Wednesday morning that Derick Almena will be offered a deal that would see him sentenced to nine years in state prison instead of facing a second trial on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to...WW…