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WEB3 days ago · Prison Gang Labels Don’t Belong in Juvenile Facilities. October 7, 2024. Written by Sergio Coronel. Add Comment. In juvenile facilities across California, youth impacted by gangs are labeled with prison gang terms. For approximately four years, I have worked as a gang interventionist and consultant, and a gang expert in court cases.
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WEBOur Supporters. Our generous and valued supporters include: The California Endowment, The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The Institute for Justice and Journalism (which gave us our first grant, through a fund sponsored by the Ford Foundation). Most recently we have received a 2021-22 John S. Knight Foundation Community Impact Fellowship, to help WitnessLA “focus on practical solutions to ...
Transparency-Forward Police Body Cam Law Goes Into Effect on …
WEBJun 29, 2019 · On Monday, July 1, a new state law will require law enforcement agencies in California to release footage from body-worn cameras within 45 days of a “critical incident” in which an officer has fired at a person or used force that resulted in death or serious injury. The measure, AB 748, will bring department protocols across the state in ...
LA Homeboys – Then & Now
WEBSep 26, 2007 · He is now a husband, a dad—and an associate producer on a long-running, very popular network TV series, the name of which you would assuredly know. Eventually he wants to direct. (He’s also in the midst of writing his own feature script. Naturally. As a teenager, Stranger got his eye shot out by an enemy homeboy.
41st and Central, 1969 – The Black Panther Shootout & the birth …
WEBApr 6, 2011 · On December 9, 1969, a four-hour shootout took place at the Southern California Headquarters of the Black Panther Party. The massive exchange of gunfire was between a cluster of six Panther members who happened to be inside the headquarters and what would ultimately grown to be a force of 200 Los Angeles police officers, including a newly created LAPD team that would have its first real outing ...
LASD
WEBUpdate on LASD recruits injured, several critically, when hit by speeding SUV in devastating incident. November 16, 2022. 14 Comments. Slightly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, November 16, an SUV traveling southbound on Mills...
$2.1 Million Grant Will Expand First AmeriCorps Program for …
WEBJun 24, 2022 · Last week, AmeriCorps revealed a three-year, $2.1 million grant meant to grow the program over the next three years. The money will allow CJL, which currently operates in seven large counties, including Los Angeles, to expand into San Bernardino, Riverside, and Madera Counties. The money will also …
Tom Carey | Search Results
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Harm-Focused Policing, LAPD Training and Retraining, the Mayor of New Orleans, and Tom Carey’s Guilty Plea. August 20, 2015. 29 Comments. WEIGHING THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT CRIMES ON COMMUNITIES TO BETTER FOCUS POLICE ENERGY AND... Former LA Sheriff’s Dept. Captain Tom Carey Takes Plea Deal—Which Means Cooperation, Testimony….
Investigations
WEBFor the young people in Los Angeles County’s 12 juvenile camps, 3 juvenile halls, and one... 1. Teenager at LA County Probation’s Sylmar Juvenile Hall Beaten on Video by Four Probation Officers as Supervisor Watches. THE BEATDOWN On April 24, four Los Angeles County probation officers allegedly beat a non-combative...
Former LA Sheriff’s Lieutenant & Son Federally Indicted for …
WEBJul 7, 2017 · Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Lieutenant, and His Son, a Former Compton Cop, Indicted for Cross-Country Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy . Last week twenty-two alleged members and associates of two street gangs, the Los Angeles-based Grape Street Crips, and the Memphis-based Peda Roll Mafia, were indicted by a federal grand jury for being part of a reported drug and money laundering ...