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Sanford needs cooler heads to prevail
Today marks the start of the George Zimmerman trial — and the beginning of the end for Sanford. At least that's the apocalyptic prophecy in wide circulation from brilliant Internet social commentators with such colorful aliases as Tray von...
Tags: Los Angeles Riots (1992), Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Night Stalker' prosecutor says Ramirez death ends 'tragic period'
One of the deputy district attorneys who prosecuted "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez described the serial killer's death Friday as an "abrupt end to a tragic period in the history of Los Angeles County." "This person hurt many people and our thoughts...Tags: Justice System, Criminals, O.J. Simpson, Murder, Lawyers
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Baltimore police review board called irrelevant, ineffective
In a mostly empty ninth-floor conference room on a recent Thursday evening, the civilian panel charged with investigating police misconduct in Baltimore met for its monthly meeting. There are supposed to be nine members, but four chairs were empty...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Shootings, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. Young, Bolton Hill
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Apr. 5 in History: Trial of officers accused of beating Rodney King continues
>> 20 Years Ago — The verdicts may still be some time away but all of Southern California is bracing itself for the possibility of more riots as the second trial of the officers accused of beating Los Angeles motorist Rodney King continues. Local...Tags: Los Angeles Riots (1992), Highway Transportation, Land Resources
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Noel Greenwood dies at 75; former L.A. Times senior editor
Noel Greenwood, a former senior editor at the Los Angeles Times who helped shape local and California coverage as the newspaper outgrew its modest local ambitions and transformed itself into one of national stature, died Sunday at his Santa Barbara home....Tags: Los Angeles Riots (1992), Tribune Company, Media Industry, Prostate Cancer, Los Angeles Times
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Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91; civil rights lawyer defended Angela Davis
Leo Branton Jr., a civil rights and entertainment lawyer whose stirring defense of '60s radical Angela Davis brought him his most celebrated victory in a six-decade career often spent championing unpopular cases, died of natural causes Friday in Los...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Northwestern University, Celebrities, Crime, Law and Justice, Nicholas Brothers
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LAPD's Parker Center is closed for good
L.A. NOWTop police officials, several elected city officials and a few hundred LAPD employees gathered on the lawn beneath the spare, windowless facade of the downtown building for a brief ceremony before LAPD Chief Charlie Beck symbolically padlocked the front... -
Manti Te'o hoax: Alleged mastermind wants therapy, attorney says
L.A. NOWRonaiah Tuiasosopo to speak on Dr. Phil: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the alleged mastermind behind the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend affair, was planning to come clean and reveal the exact nature of his relationship with the football player and his role in the... -
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's side
In the three-plus years since Charlie Beck put on the chief's badge at the LAPD, his goal has been to consolidate a modern, multiethnic, publicly responsible 10,000-officer department, as envisioned in the rattling reforms of 15 and 20 years ago. The...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Government, Christopher Dorner, Sundance Film Festival, Nottingham
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Dorner and the LAPD legacy
I expected fireworks in South Los Angeles this week, when LAPD Chief Charlie Beck showed up at a community meeting to talk about Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop turned killer whose manifesto cast the department in an ugly light, resurrecting decades of...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Christopher Dorner, Racism, Minority Groups
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Dorner's LAPD is on the way out
There won't be a happy ending to Christopher Dorner's quest for vengeance against the Los Angeles Police Department. Nothing justifies his murder of innocents or his threats against LAPD personnel and their families. The only positive thing that can...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Civil Rights, Christopher Dorner, Justice and Rights
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Fugitive's rant puts focus on evolving LAPD legacy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner's claim in an online "manifesto" that his career was undone by racist colleagues conspiring against him comes at a time when it's widely held that the police department has...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Civil Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Christopher Dorner, Racism
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