Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A longtime Los Angeles police SWAT sergeant is suing the LAPD, alleging the unit is run by a “SWAT Mafia” of veteran cops who encourage the use of deadly force and ostracized him for revealing its behavior.Sgt. Tim Colomey, who spent 11 years as a SWAT supervisor until last November, filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging retaliation for revealing that a group of veteran officers controlled the tactical unit’s operations and membership and punished him and others for speaking out.Colomey said in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A longtime Los Angeles police SWAT sergeant is suing the LAPD, alleging the unit is run by a “SWAT Mafia” of veteran cops who encourage the use of deadly force and ostracized him for revealing its behavior.Sgt. Tim Colomey, who spent 11 years as a SWAT supervisor until last November, filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging retaliation for revealing that a group of veteran officers controlled the tactical unit’s operations and membership and punished him and others for speaking out.Colomey said in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In the wake of the officers in Northern California, more attention is being directed to the “boogaloo” movement, a far-right fringe group that has been tied to violence around the country.On Tuesday, federal law enforcement officials announced they were charging Air Force Sgt. Steven Carrillo, 32, and suspected accomplice Robert A. Justus Jr., 30, in the May 29 shooting death in Oakland. Carrillo also faces state charges in the June 6 killing of a .AdvertisementBrian Levin, executive director of the Center for the Study of Hate and...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In the wake of the officers in Northern California, more attention is being directed to the “boogaloo” movement, a far-right fringe group that has been tied to violence around the country.On Tuesday, federal law enforcement officials announced they were charging Air Force Sgt. Steven Carrillo, 32, and suspected accomplice Robert A. Justus Jr., 30, in the May 29 shooting death in Oakland. Carrillo also faces state charges in the June 6 killing of a .AdvertisementBrian Levin, executive director of the Center for the Study of Hate and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 56 allegations of during protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, officials said Wednesday.Of the 56 investigations, 28 involve alleged use of force, the LAPD said Wednesday in a statement. Seven officers have been taken out of the field pending the outcome of the investigations.The LAPD has tasked 40 investigators with looking into the allegations of misconduct, excessive force and violations of departmental policy during the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 56 allegations of during protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, officials said Wednesday.Of the 56 investigations, 28 involve alleged use of force, the LAPD said Wednesday in a statement. Seven officers have been taken out of the field pending the outcome of the investigations.The LAPD has tasked 40 investigators with looking into the allegations of misconduct, excessive force and violations of departmental policy during the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It wasn’t a pot of gold, but something perhaps more valuable in this era of Beverly Hills police pulled over a stolen sports utility vehicle and found 192 rolls of toilet paper inside. Police arrested the driver but said it was unclear whether the toilet paper was stolen or where it came from.“The driver was arrested for several charges — unrelated to the toilet paper,” said Beverly Hills Police Lt. Elizabeth Albanese.Toilet paper has been in short supply due to supermarket hoarding in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.On...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It wasn’t a pot of gold, but something perhaps more valuable in this era of Beverly Hills police pulled over a stolen sports utility vehicle and found 192 rolls of toilet paper inside. Police arrested the driver but said it was unclear whether the toilet paper was stolen or where it came from.“The driver was arrested for several charges — unrelated to the toilet paper,” said Beverly Hills Police Lt. Elizabeth Albanese.Toilet paper has been in short supply due to supermarket hoarding in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.On...WW…