Anatomy of an Officer-Involved Explosion: a Post-Mortem on LAPD’s E. 27th Street Fireworks Blast
A year ago, a councilmember co-authored a motion to shift $150mil from LAPD's budget. A month ago, LAPD called everyone but his office to watch them detonate fireworks in his district. The explosion rocked the city.
August 11, 2021
Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?
The brevity of the encounter and the violence of the outcome make abundantly clear just how urgent it is for calls of this nature to be diverted to unarmed first responders trained to aid those in crisis.
May 10, 2021
Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”
"I don't have another life to give. I don't have any more breaths to take. I don't have any more hashtags. I don't have any more energy to be marching with my fist up in the air [only] to come back to the same thing," declared Khadijah Shabazz. "Right now, it needs to be all broken down, torn down, and started all over again."
April 14, 2021
LAPD Officer Fires 8 Wildly Out-of-Policy Shots at Man Fleeing Pretextual Stop; Evolving LAPD Statements Attempt to Pin Blame on Driver
LAPD is accusing 30yo Travis Elster of assault with a deadly weapon to justify the shooting.
March 18, 2021
Metro Relaunches Rail-to-River Community Engagement Process to Choose New Southeast Cities Route
The planned WSAB rail line won't leave enough room for a bike/walk path on Randolph, forcing Metro to seek an alternative route
February 10, 2021
LASD Won’t Name Deputies Involved in Killing of Fred Williams III at Otherwise Uninformative Inquest
LASD once again proves unwilling to cooperate in an inquest into a questionable shooting by a deputy.
February 1, 2021
124-Unit Project at 4242 S. Crenshaw Approved by City Planning
The largely market-rate project is one of over half a dozen that were recently completed or are in the works along Crenshaw between Exposition and 61st.
November 11, 2020
Video Contradicts New Sheriff Account of Dijon Kizzee Killing
The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place
September 21, 2020
Bystander Shot Six Times Left Homeless, Struggling; LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
July 14, 2020
Black and Brown Residents Speak to Urgency of Deep Systemic Transformation
"We’re done paying for an institution that produces racism, violence, and poverty," said Carlos Cázares. "We are done talking. It’s time to put money where the people are at."
July 2, 2020
