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Jermaine Petit – the Unarmed Disabled Vet Shot by LAPD in Leimert Park in 2022 – Has Died
Petit was suing LAPD over the shooting at the time of his death.
March 13, 2025
LAPD Shoots Unarmed Unhoused Man as He Walks Away from Them
The newly released briefing video depicts Robles as non-compliant and claims officer Gomez-Magallanes shot him for pointing a weapon at officers, but body cam footage shows a slightly different story.
April 22, 2024
Police Protective League Deletes, Reposts, Apologizes for, then Deletes Apology for Racist Scaremongering Tweet about Crime on Metro
The tweet also falsely claimed Metro had defunded LAPD. But no apology was made for that.
March 1, 2023
Deputy’s Traffic Stop Power Trip
Feezy Lebron filed a $10M Civil Rights Tort Claim on Jan. 18, but he and his family fear retribution
February 6, 2023
Sheriff’s Deputy Threatens to Shoot L.A. Rapper for Sitting in His Parked Car
Feezy had been livestreaming while parked in a Gardena strip mall parking lot off Crenshaw when deputies yanked his door open and stuck guns in his face. He was ultimately ticketed for a missing front plate.
January 4, 2023
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
Reducing the Role of Police in Traffic Enforcement Could Increase Safety for Everyone
What the "Defund the Police" movement means for bicycling
August 6, 2020
Sacramento Police Video: This Was No Safety Stop
Department trips over itself to excuse an “unintentional” crash that knocked a boy off his feet
August 20, 2018
“Burn the Witch!”: Public Enthusiasm for Dragging Rude Youth from Trains Highlights Gap in Metro’s Equity Platform
People had been so caught up in detailing the crimes against humanity her “poopy feet” had wrought that there was very little space for reflection on the larger implications of what it was that people were cheering.
March 9, 2018
Montclair, California Declares War on Pedestrians
What's next? Should Montclair outlaw being blind while walking? Being old and slow? Using a wheelchair? Being short? Being young? Wearing hats with ear flaps?
February 20, 2018