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<p>Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.</p>


Sahra Sulaiman

During Tuesday’s press briefing, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he would be sending Metro boardmembers helpful graphics like the one he is pointing at so they could learn the difference between transportation and housing.

Police

L.A. Sheriff Villanueva Plans to Expel 5700 Unhoused from Metro System

Joe Linton

LASD Villanueva

Enforcement

County Sheriff Villanueva Threatens to Pull LASD Out of Metro’s Multi-Agency Policing Contract

Although LAPD claims they shot 22-year-old Margarito “Junior” López because he “advanced” toward officers while holding a knife, an examination of the body cam footage shows the standby warning for a “less lethal” projectile went unheeded, resulting in contagious fire. The warning (in green) is added by Streetsblog; LAPD elected not to include it in their transcription.

LAPD Officers Who Killed Margarito López Didn’t Heed Standby Warning for “Less Lethal” Fire

2014 Metro photo of County Sheriff deputies policing – via Metro’s The Source

LA Metro

Metro Approves Transit Policing Contract Extension, While Setting Up Some Shift to Alternatives

LAPD cops on LA Metro

LA Co Sheriff Villanueva Is Opposing Metro’s Slow Moves Toward Transit Policing Reform

Roger Rudick

BART police in 2019. There’s no longer any room for letters. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

BART

Commentary: BART Police, a Resolution

Reporter Melsmall

Melanie Curry

Photo: Jerome Paulos

Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How Berkeley Is De-Policing Traffic Enforcement

George Floyd street art painted on plywood at Salons by jc Uptown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Image Source: Lorie Shaull, CC

Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half

The 911 call made by Isaias Cervantes sister: she immediately announces the emergency is a mental health crisis but a Mental Evaluation Team is not dispatched nor do the responding deputies call one to the scene.

Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?

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Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”