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LAPD Uncovers Bodycam Footage of Officer Allegedly Fondling Dead Woman’s Breasts
An investigation is underway after a body camera caught a Los Angeles police officer allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts. According to the Los Angeles Times, here’s how it went down: The incident occurred when the officer and his partner responded to a call about a possible dead woman in a residential unit, sources said.…
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LAPD Officers ‘Violated Policy’ in 2018 Shooting of a Black Man Inside a Crowded Mall
On a Tuesday evening in April 2018, a black man who appeared to be suffering from a mental health crisis ran through the crowded Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Mall in Los Angeles armed with a long kitchen knife. When commanded by police to drop the knife, he did not comply, so officers began shooting at…
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Finally, LAPD Will Make Bodycam and Dashcam Videos Public
The Los Angeles Police Department is one step closer to being more transparent with the citizens it is tasked to protect and serve. After years of refusing to do so, the department will adopt a policy that requires the release of bodycam and dashcam footage to the public. The Los Angeles Police Commission—the department’s civilian…
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Watch This Cop Escalate a Situation for No Other Reason Than to Be a Jerk
For those of you who may be too young to know this, before Ice-T was a big star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, he was one of the greatest Los Angeles gangsta rappers of all time. In fact, he was doing gangsta rap before N.W.A even existed. In fact, when you have time,…
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Murder Conviction Overturned After Court Determines Teen Was Coerced by LAPD
A teenager’s murder conviction was overturned Friday by a federal appeals court, which ruled that the Los Angeles Police Department violated the teen’s rights by denying his request for a lawyer and forcing him into a confession. The Los Angeles Times reports that Jessie Rodriguez was 14 years old in 2005 when the LAPD questioned…
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LAPD Officer Who Kicked, Punched, Elbowed Black Man Being Held Down Gets 2 Years’ Probation
The Los Angeles police officer who was caught on video kicking, punching and elbowing a black man who was being held down on the street was sentenced to just two years’ probation Tuesday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that has been criticized as being too lenient. A probation officer recommended that Officer…
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LAPD Officers Will Not Be Charged in Fatal 2015 Shooting of Woman They Say Had a Knife
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that it will not be filing criminal charges against the two police officers who shot and killed a woman in 2015, once again going against a ruling of the Los Angeles Police Commission. Prosecutors reviewed evidence that included video footage captured by the officers’ body cameras before…
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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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Los Angeles Police Commission Votes to Require Cops to Try De-Escalation Before Firing Guns
The Los Angeles Police Commission voted on a policy Tuesday that would require all LAPD officers to try to defuse situations whenever possible before firing their guns, with the specific aim of decreasing the number of officer-involved shootings. From the Los Angeles Times: The new rules formally incorporate a decades-old concept called “de-escalation” into the…