Kevin Rector ☀️
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LAPD gets approval to begin recording, storing aerial footage of protests
Activists and privacy advocates denounced the move as unconstitutional surveillance, while the LAPD said it would expand its “operational readiness.”
Racial disparities in LAPD stops fueled by failed crime-fighting strategy, audit finds
An independent review of stops conducted by LAPD officers last year found that racial disparities previously identified in a Times investigation were in part the result of failed strategies to use traffic and minor violations "as a pretext to...
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ICYMI: An independent review of LAPD stops last year found racial disparities previously identified by @latimes were in part a result of failed strategies to use traffic and other minor violations “as a pretext to identify or suppress more serious crimes.”
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Police chief predicts L.A. will top 300 homicides this year, the first time since 2009
LAPD Chief Michel Moore anticipates Los Angeles will see more than 300 homicides this year — a grisly milestone not reached in more than a decade.
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LAPD chief predicts L.A. will top 300 homicides this year, the first time since 2009
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Calls to restrict police use of projectiles on crowds renewed after latest L.A. injuries
Lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates are renewing calls for stricter limits on the use of hard-foam projectiles.
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Calls to further restrict police use of projectiles on crowds are being renewed after the latest injuries in LA.
Meanwhile, LAPD say they're rush ordering shields as another way for officers to defend themselves against increasingly violent attacks.
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One man's eye 'exploded,' another lost eight teeth from LAPD projectiles fired at Lakers revelers
The Los Angeles Police Department's use of so-called less-lethal projectiles for crowd control is facing new criticism after two men were badly injured during the downtown celebration after the Lakers' championship win.
Police in L.A. and across California disproportionately cite Black people for minor infractions, study finds
Police in Los Angeles and other major cities across California issue citations to Black residents for minor infractions at far higher rates than white residents, according to a new study.
Three more LAPD officers charged with falsifying information in gang labeling scandal
Three more LAPD officers are charged with falsifying information in gang labeling scandal, bringing the total of officers charged to six.
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Breaking: Three more LAPD officers charged with falsifying information in growing gang labeling scandal
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Controversial facial-recognition software used 30,000 times by LAPD in last decade, records show
The LAPD has used facial-recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009, with officers running suspect images against a mugshot database.
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LAPD has used facial recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009. 300+ officers have access to it.
The figures show for the first time how common the tech is in department, which for years has provided vague, contradictory info (w/ @LAcrimes)
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Video shows LAPD officer shooting protester in groin at close range
Body-camera video from Los Angeles protests this summer shows L.A. police officers yank a sign from a man and shoot him in the groin with a projectile.
LAPD Chief Moore points to pandemic as driving factor in increased gun violence, killings
LAPD Chief Michel Moore said the COVID-19 pandemic has helped drive gun violence this year, including by spurring economic despair.
Prosecutors review actions of 4 LAPD officers at protests; LAPD investigates camera use
Prosecutors are reviewing allegations of misconduct by four Los Angeles police officers during protests in the city in early June.
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The LAPD also is investigating why some police supervisors told officers to take off their body cameras and leave them in their cars during the protests, officials said.
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Police in L.A. region announce dozens of arrests and ongoing pursuit of suspects from summer unrest
Police from across the Los Angeles region announced Wednesday the arrests of dozens of people on arson, burglary and looting charges stemming from the unrest of late May and early June.
Citing pandemic rules, LAPD refers three party houses for potential utility cuts
Los Angeles is considering cutting power to at least three homes where large parties have occurred in violation of coronavirus-related rules against social gatherings.
LAPD videos show violent clashes with protesters in Fairfax district in May
Newly released body-camera footage from protests near the Grove in May shines new light on two of the most controversial moments of the unrest.
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LAPD footage shows that a brutal moment involving multiple officers swinging their batons into a crowd — which had previously gone viral after being captured on video by a protester — occurred after another officer was yanked into the crowd by the neck.
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Protester had hands up when LAPD officer shot him in head with projectile, video shows
Footage from a LAPD officer's body camera shows a man with his hands up being shot in the head with a projectile as officers advanced on fleeing protesters in late May.
LAPD 'SWAT Mafia' encouraged excessive force and retaliation, officer's suit claims
The LAPD's SWAT unit is controlled by a "SWAT Mafia" that encourages officers to use excessive force, a sergeant's lawsuit alleges.
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A longtime LAPD SWAT sergeant has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the unit is controlled by a “SWAT Mafia” of veteran cops who encourage the use of deadly force and call members who attempt de-escalation "cowards" (via @LAcrimes)
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The longtime LAPD SWAT member alleges this has been under investigation since around Sept. 2018 -- when Internal Affairs "began investigating a complaint that compared the culture within SWAT to the LAPD Rampart Scandal from the late 1990’s."
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Dysfunction in Baltimore police homicide unit went unaddressed as killings hit historic levels
Deep dysfunction in the Baltimore Police homicide unit was allowed to fester amid an unprecedented half-decade of unsolved killings in the city, according to police officials and an internal review of the unit obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
‘Just trying to breathe’: Baltimore couple describe fighting coronavirus at home, and why they fear for others
With an overwhelmed healthcare system, coronavirus patients like Fagan Harris are being sent home with high fevers, chills, vicious coughs and shortness of breath. For Harris and his partner, Meryam Bouadjemi, dealing with that was a rollercoaster.
Coronavirus cases now in 60 nursing homes, multiple corrections facilities in Maryland: ‘The virus is everywhere’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday said coronavirus cases or clusters of cases have now been identified in 60 different nursing home facilities across the state, as well as in multiple correctional facilities in the state.
‘It went like wildfire’: How national testing failures contributed to Maryland’s deadliest coronavirus cluster
In nursing homes with vulnerable residents, the coronavirus is cutting a particularly deadly path. And the nation’s lack of testing, coupled with its inability to effectively trace the contacts of those infected, has left local and state health...