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Report By Independent Counsel, Gerald Chaleff, of LAPD Response to Protests in May/June 2020

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|Date: April 28, 2021
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Report By Independent Counsel, Gerald Chaleff, of LAPD Response to Protests in May/June 2020

By Autumn Johansson LOS ANGELES — Mr. Gerald Chaleff authored a report on the LAPD’s response to racial p ...

By Autumn Johansson LOS ANGELES — Mr. Gerald Chaleff authored a report on the LAPD’s response to racial protests in May and June of 2020. His prior report was LAPD's response to the 2007 “May Day Inci ...

April 28, 2021
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Re-Imagine LA Coalition Rejects CEO’s 2021-2022 Fiscal Budget, Urges Full Funding of Measure J

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 22, 2021
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Re-Imagine LA Coalition Rejects CEO’s 2021-2022 Fiscal Budget, Urges Full Funding of Measure J

By Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — The Re-imagine LA Coalition denounced the LA County CEO’s plan allocating $ ...

By Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — The Re-imagine LA Coalition denounced the LA County CEO’s plan allocating $100 million funds to Measure J for the 2021-2022 fiscal year on Monday. As LA CEO, Fesia Davenp ...

April 22, 2021
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Santa Clarita Activists Demand Justice for Rashad Singletary

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 09, 2021
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Santa Clarita Activists Demand Justice for Rashad Singletary

By Cailin Garcia SANTA CLARITA — On Sunday, protestors gathered on the corner of McBean Parkway and Valen ...

By Cailin Garcia SANTA CLARITA — On Sunday, protestors gathered on the corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard with Black Lives Matter posters and flags to demand justice for Rashad Singletary ...

April 09, 2021
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Los Angeles Rally Honors The Victims of Incarceration and Demands the Closure of Men’s Central Jail

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 08, 2021
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Los Angeles Rally Honors The Victims of Incarceration and Demands the Closure of Men’s Central Jail

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On the evening of March 29, coalition leaders and community members held ...

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On the evening of March 29, coalition leaders and community members held a press conference and rally to demand the closure of Men’s Central Jail, advocate for the full ...

April 08, 2021
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Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station Launch Investigation after Viral Video of Deputies Forcefully Detaining Robbery Suspect

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 01, 2021
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Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station Launch Investigation after Viral Video of Deputies Forcefully Detaining Robbery Suspect

By Cailin Garcia SANTA CLARITA — The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station is conducting a “use of force i ...

By Cailin Garcia SANTA CLARITA — The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station is conducting a “use of force investigation” after a concerning video began circulating on Tuesday night of two Santa Clarita ...

April 01, 2021
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Youngest Official in LA County Elected in Santa Clarita Community College District

Posted by Julian
|Date: March 31, 2021
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Youngest Official in LA County Elected in Santa Clarita Community College District

By Ishani Desai and Arneet Gurtatta SANTA CLARITA – The youngest official on record in LA County, 20-year ...

By Ishani Desai and Arneet Gurtatta SANTA CLARITA – The youngest official on record in LA County, 20-year-old Sebastian Cazares, was elected to the College of Canyons School Board of Trustees in the S ...

March 31, 2021
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LAPD Unconstitutionally Detains Journalists During Echo Park Protests

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 30, 2021
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LAPD Unconstitutionally Detains Journalists During Echo Park Protests

By Meghan Imperio LOS ANGELES — There have been a number of protests in Los Angeles in the past week as a ...

By Meghan Imperio LOS ANGELES — There have been a number of protests in Los Angeles in the past week as a result of the city planning to close the Echo Park Lake and clear the homeless encampment whic ...

March 30, 2021
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Manhattan Beach Police Officer Charged with Sending Explicit Messages to Teenager

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 29, 2021
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Manhattan Beach Police Officer Charged with Sending Explicit Messages to Teenager

By Linhchi Nguyen LOS ANGELES — John Cheatham, a Manhattan Beach police officer, was charged on February ...

By Linhchi Nguyen LOS ANGELES — John Cheatham, a Manhattan Beach police officer, was charged on February 25 for sending explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl. Cheatham met the victim at the police s ...

March 29, 2021
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#EchoParkRiseUp Protestors Organize Against Shutdown of Echo Park Lake Homeless Encampments, Met with LAPD in Riot Gear

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 26, 2021
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#EchoParkRiseUp Protestors Organize Against Shutdown of Echo Park Lake Homeless Encampments, Met with LAPD in Riot Gear

By Cailin Garcia LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of protestors gathered last night outside of the office of LA Cit ...

By Cailin Garcia LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of protestors gathered last night outside of the office of LA City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell to speak out against the removal of homeless encampments at Echo P ...

March 26, 2021
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New Polling Reveals A Majority of Victims Want Rehabilitation & Crime Prevention, Over Incarceration

Posted by Julian
|Date: March 24, 2021
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New Polling Reveals A Majority of Victims Want Rehabilitation & Crime Prevention, Over Incarceration

By: Sophia Barberini and Lovepreet Dhinsa LOS ANGELES COUNTY - In response to a David Binder Research sur ...

By: Sophia Barberini and Lovepreet Dhinsa LOS ANGELES COUNTY - In response to a David Binder Research survey that found that victims of violent crime in LA County have received few support services an ...

March 24, 2021
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Court Watch LA Calls on Los Angeles Superior Court to Fix Accessibility Issues Plaguing Remote Hearings

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 24, 2021
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Court Watch LA Calls on Los Angeles Superior Court to Fix Accessibility Issues Plaguing Remote Hearings

By Naomi Cherone LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) promises to provide equal access to ...

By Naomi Cherone LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) promises to provide equal access to justice, but the falsity of this claim has become evident in the court’s poor transition into a ...

March 24, 2021
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UCLA Teams Up with Stop AAPI Hate Coalition to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Xenophobia Crisis as a Result of COVID-19

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 18, 2021
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UCLA Teams Up with Stop AAPI Hate Coalition to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Xenophobia Crisis as a Result of COVID-19

By Meghan Imperio The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a rise in xenophobia against Asian communities ...

By Meghan Imperio The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a rise in xenophobia against Asian communities across the country. Recently, this escalation of violent acts targeting Asian Americans and Pa ...

March 18, 2021
| by Cailin Garcia

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Black Americans Face Health Disparities In Blood & Organ Donations

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 18, 2021
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Black Americans Face Health Disparities In Blood & Organ Donations

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — While the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is one of the major health ...

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — While the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is one of the major health disparities faced by Black Americans today, they are also underrepresented in blood and organ ...

March 18, 2021
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Recent Report on LAPD Covers the Department’s Troubling History with Deputy Gangs

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 26, 2021
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Recent Report on LAPD Covers the Department’s Troubling History with Deputy Gangs

By Wen Chiang LOS ANGELES — Since last June, when a whistleblower leaked accusations of a supposed “deput ...

By Wen Chiang LOS ANGELES — Since last June, when a whistleblower leaked accusations of a supposed “deputy gang” within Compton’s police station, a report by Loyola Marymount Universities’ Center for ...

February 26, 2021
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Vaccination Plans for Los Angeles’s Skid Row Community

Posted by Julian
|Date: February 23, 2021
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Vaccination Plans for Los Angeles’s Skid Row Community

By Rachel Kim LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Country struggles to distribute the vaccine to the homeless popul ...

By Rachel Kim LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Country struggles to distribute the vaccine to the homeless population due to their fringe status in society, their general distrust of the government, and the ...

February 23, 2021
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Faced With Scarcity, California’s Essential Workers Fall Through the Cracks in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: February 23, 2021
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Faced With Scarcity, California’s Essential Workers Fall Through the Cracks in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

By Dorrin Akbari LOS ANGELES — Millions of workers in frontline industries are being left behind as Calif ...

By Dorrin Akbari LOS ANGELES — Millions of workers in frontline industries are being left behind as California grapples with limited and unpredictable COVID-19 vaccine supply and distribution, putting ...

February 23, 2021
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Student Opinion: LAPD’s Offensive George Floyd “Valentine’s” Card Is Not Out of Character

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: February 23, 2021
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Student Opinion: LAPD’s Offensive George Floyd “Valentine’s” Card Is Not Out of Character

By Ivana Ramirez LOS ANGELES — Militaristic. Racist. Cruel. These are just a few of the words used to des ...

By Ivana Ramirez LOS ANGELES — Militaristic. Racist. Cruel. These are just a few of the words used to describe the Los Angeles Police Department’s tendencies. Now, cementing their reputation, the LAPD ...

February 23, 2021
| by Cailin Garcia

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UCLA COVID-19 Study Suggests Different Metrics to Incorporate Affected Minority Groups in Vaccine Rollout

Posted by Julian
|Date: February 21, 2021
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UCLA COVID-19 Study Suggests Different Metrics to Incorporate Affected Minority Groups in Vaccine Rollout

By: Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — According to a recent UCLA study, the method used to determine recipients ...

By: Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — According to a recent UCLA study, the method used to determine recipients for the COVID-19 vaccine throughout LA County is flawed. American-Indians, Pacific Islanders, C ...

February 21, 2021
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USAC COVID-19 Panel Discusses Vaccine Distribution Plan for UCLA Students

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: February 20, 2021
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USAC COVID-19 Panel Discusses Vaccine Distribution Plan for UCLA Students

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On February 11, the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) at ...

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On February 11, the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) at UCLA hosted a virtual panel to discuss UCLA’s vaccine rollout plan for students. The panelists ...

February 20, 2021
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Court Watch Los Angeles Panel Warns About the Power of the LA City Attorney’s Office

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: February 20, 2021
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Court Watch Los Angeles Panel Warns About the Power of the LA City Attorney’s Office

By Meghan Imperio LOS ANGELES — Many people have underestimated the power of the Los Angeles City Attorne ...

By Meghan Imperio LOS ANGELES — Many people have underestimated the power of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for years, allowing it to run rampant with litigation which disproportionately affec ...

February 20, 2021
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