charlie beck
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Black Lives Matter’s Melina Abdullah’s Arrest Upheld by Jury
The jury sided with the city in Abdullah’s wrongful arrest suit which alleged she was targeted by LAPD officers because of her role in BLM.
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LAPD Officer at Center of Controversial Shooting of Unarmed Man Now Facing Domestic Violence Charges
The Los Angeles police officer at the center of the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Venice Beach, Calif., two years ago is now facing charges that he committed domestic violence against two women in California’s Orange County. Clifford Proctor, a nine-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, has been charged with misdemeanor…
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Highest-Ranking Black LAPD Officer Selected to Be New Chief of San Francisco PD
The highest-ranking black officer on the Los Angeles police force was named the new chief of the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee selected Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief William “Bill” Scott, who had overseen the LAPD’s South Bureau, to lead the troubled SFPD, the Los Angeles Times reports. Scott’s…
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Los Angeles Police Chief: Trump Won’t Change Department's Immigration Policy
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced Monday that the city’s Police Department will not change its stance on immigration enforcement even as President-elect Donald Trump has promised to be tougher on immigration and deport criminal immigrants, the Los Angeles Times reports. A special order instituted by former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates in 1979 prohibits…
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LAPD Releases Surveillance Video in Carnell Snell Jr. Shooting
The Los Angeles Police Department released surveillance video Tuesday that shows the moments before police shot and killed an 18-year-old teen in South Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. The 45-second clip, which the LAPD posted to its YouTube channel, shows a suspect reported to be Carnell Snell Jr. in a shopping center. The young man…