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Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.
October 7, 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
Metro Board Approves $36M for Transit Policing Overruns, Plus Safety Alternatives Next Year
Metro transit police overshot their contract by 17 percent, then basically threatened to walk off the job this summer if Metro didn't paper over their runaway finances.
March 26, 2021
Editorial: Metro Board Needs to Reject More Funding for Transit Police
Don't settle for more punitive policing-as-usual. Don't waste any more time in making good on your promises to reform transit policing.
March 25, 2021
Cops Continually Park on Scraper Lane
This is not how police behave if they want the support of the community they serve
December 8, 2020
A Historical Perspective on Los Angeles’ Traffic Congestion Fight
UCLA paper describes century-long efforts to quell, redirect, and control the problems that come with congestion - and the very little success achieved
October 19, 2020
Top Highway Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing; Activists Say We Need Abolition
An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.
September 25, 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
Cop “Courtesy Cards” Keep Dangerous Drivers on the Roads
A recent exposé explored the corrupt phenomenon of police courtesy cards in the New York area. But for street-safety and mobility-justice advocates, it's just the tip of the iceberg.
September 4, 2020
