Monday, 27 April 2015
A spate of videos has brought what looks like police brutality into our living rooms.
Logic says these incidents are aberrations; that's what makes them news. But I'm having trouble clearing my mind of those ugly scenes — and I know I'm not alone.
Are these just individual cops gone rogue? Or are they the tip of a giant iceberg of on-duty misconduct?
That's become the subject of private small talk and public dialogue, as we grow uncomfortably accustomed to the sight of law enforcement officers meting out street justice.
This week brought criminal charges against a Los Angeles Police Department officer caught last fall on camera stomping and kicking a man being held down by other officers on a South Los Angeles street. The video from a store's surveillance camera hasn't been publicly released, but when the police chief pronounces it disturbing, you can imagine how bad it must be.
We did see the beating of Francis Pusok in San Bernardino County, shot by a television news helicopter this month. It shows sheriff's deputies kicking and punching Pusok, who is on the ground with his hands behind his back.
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Friday, 24 April 2015
A woman exonerated last year after spending 17 years behind bars for murder announced Thursday that she had filed a lawsuit accusing an LAPD detective of hiding evidence that showed the case's lead witness was known as a pathological liar.
Susan Mellen was released in October when a judge ruled that she had received “subpar representation” from a trial attorney who failed to adequately investigate the witness’ credibility. The judge later declared Mellen factually innocent of the killing.
The federal lawsuit alleges that Los Angeles Police Department Det. Marcella Winn suppressed evidence from Mellen’s attorneys that would have damaged the credibility of the trial's star witness, knowingly used false evidence and ignored leads that pointed to another suspect.
Mellen, speaking at a news conference outside the Torrance courthouse where she was originally convicted, said the detective's actions robbed her of being a mother to her children for 17 years.
“There’s no amount of money in the universe that can give me back what I lost with my family and my children, the pain and suffering,” she said. “I just want to live my life again.”
Winn did not immediately return a call Thursday seeking comment.
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Clinton Alford Jr. was lying face-down on a South Los Angeles sidewalk, his hands behind his back, when he felt the first kick.
The 22-year-old admitted he didn't remember all of what happened on that October afternoon, just minutes after a police officer yanked him off his bicycle. But he remembered being repeatedly kicked in the head and shocked with an electric stun gun in the back. His body, he said, “flopped like a dead fish.”
“I was just praying to God that they wouldn't kill me,” he said. “I felt that I was going to die. Then I passed out.”
On Monday, Officer Richard Garcia, 34, was charged with one count of felony assault for using what prosecutors described as unlawful force when arresting Alford after he had surrendered.
The decision to file an assault charge is highly unusual for on-duty police officers, who are given broad legal authority to use force. But Garcia's case highlights how prosecutors are more willing to charge a cop when incidents are caught on video, which can then be presented to a jury to provide clarity in the face of conflicting witness accounts.
Garcia is one of three LAPD officers facing assault under color of authority charges in connection with on-duty incidents caught on camera.
Jonathan Lai, 31, was charged last year after he allegedly hit a man with a police baton outside a restaurant near Staples Center in 2012. Prosecutors said footage from the restaurant's security camera showed that the man was on his knees, with his hands on his head, when Lai struck him repeatedly.
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Sunday, 19 April 2015
In a brief gun battle early Saturday, San Diego police wounded a 30-year-old man suspected of killing a customer during a robbery at a gas station.
Officers had gone to an apartment building in the mid-city area after receiving a report of a prowler.
Shortly before 3 a.m., as two officers were searching the community room, the suspect "began shooting through the door, narrowly missing both officers," said Lt. Paul Rorrison.
Officers returned fire, hitting the suspect at least once, Rorrison said.
The suspect was identified as Ahmed Hassan Mumin, who was wanted on suspicion of killing a customer Thursday night during a robbery at an Arco AM/PM. The customer, Eric Schade, 48, of San Diego, died from at least one gunshot to the chest, police said.
After the shooting at the apartment complex, Mumin was taken to a hospital with wounds not considered life-threatening. None of the officers was injured.
The two officers who fired at Mumin were identified as veterans of 12 and 25 years with the Police Department.
Once Mumin is released from the hospital, he will be taken to jail on charges of murder, armed robbery and attempted murder of two police officers, Rorrison said.
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Saturday, 18 April 2015
Following objections from newspaper attorneys, an appellate court on Friday reversed its previous order to seal a court filing that included excerpts of a critical report on an officer-involved-shooting in Pasadena.
The unsealed court papers contain excerpts of an independent consultant’s report on the 2012 shooting of an unarmed black teenager by two police officers.
Pasadena’s police union has been fighting to keep the report secret since last summer, arguing that it includes privileged and sensitive information about the officers and their actions.
Attorneys for the union, which sued the city of Pasadena to stop the report from becoming public, themselves included portions of the report in a recent filing.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal last month granted the union’s request to seal the court filing after it had been publicly available for more than a week. Union attorneys said the disclosure was a mistake.
Attorneys for The Times, the teenager’s mother and Pasadena community groups protested the court order, saying the retroactive sealing amounted to unconstitutional censorship because it forbade a media organization from publishing information already in its possession.
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Friday, 17 April 2015
One person was killed and four others injured Thursday in a series of midafternoon shootings in a quiet Westside neighborhood, briefly prompting a citywide tactical alert, police said.
Gunfire first erupted in the Palms neighborhood about 3 p.m. in the outskirts of Woodbine Park, at Vinton Avenue and Woodbine Street. There, police found two people wounded, said Lt. John Jenal of the Los Angeles Police Department.
One of the two was pronounced dead at the scene, Jenal said.
Moments later, a third person was critically injured in a shooting about one block from the park, said Officer Jack Richter.
About a half-mile from the park and a few minutes later, another shooting occurred outside a 7-Eleven near Overland Avenue and National Boulevard, Jenal said.
Rafael Rocha, who saw the ambush unfold, said a group of men fired from across the shopping center parking lot at two men leaving the convenience store.
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Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Two men were fatally shot Monday afternoon in South Los Angeles and a third man injured his leg at the scene, authorities said.
About 3:20 p.m., the two men were shot near 52nd Street and Central Avenue in South Park, LAPD Lt. Michael Mabie said.
Both were taken to the hospital in critical condition but were later pronounced dead. Their names were not released but both are in their 20s, Mabie said.
Initial reports indicated that a third man was struck by gunfire, but he injured his leg at the scene, Mabie said.
Police were canvassing the area to interview witnesses and collect evidence. Investigators believe the shooting is gang-related, Mabie said.
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Thursday, 9 April 2015
Police continued their investigation Thursday into shootings that left two men dead, one of whom was believed to be a suspect and was killed by police.
Hours after the deadly shootings, investigators were still trying to gather information about how the events transpired in Boyle Heights.
The drama unfolded about 10:25 p.m. Wednesday after officers were patrolling near 4th and Soto streets when they heard gunshots, said LAPD Officer Liliana Preciado.
The Hollenbeck station officers then saw a man "collapse and fall" in the middle of 4th Street, Sgt. Barry Montgomery said. The 29-year-old man died.
The officers called for backup, saying they were at the scene of a possible shooting, Montgomery said. The officers then spotted another man running east from the scene.
A police helicopter arrived in the area, Montgomery said, and also saw the man thought to be the suspect.
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In a close vote, Los Angeles County supervisors decided Tuesday to make it easier for people released from jail or prison to apply for federally subsidized housing.
The county had previously rejected any applicant who was on probation or parole from receiving rent assistance under Section 8 of the federal housing act.
But in calling for the change, Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas said that policy only "prevents family reunification and integration back into [the] community" and makes rehabilitation tougher.
Under the new county guidelines, an applicant's probation or parole status will not matter and he or she generally will not be disqualified for drug offenses unless they happened within the last two years. Read more...
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Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Monday, 6 April 2015
Former 49er Kwame Harris arrested, allegedly tried to bite officer
Former 49ers and Raiders offensive lineman Kwame Harris was arrested Sunday morning and attempted to bite a police officer's hand, according to a report from NBC Bay Area. San Francisco police said they found Harris unconscious behind the wheel of his car with the engine running, and that when police tried to handcuff Harris, he tried to bite an officer's hand.
Harris was convicted in 2013 of misdemeanor domestic violence and battery for beating his ex-boyfriend during an argument.
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Former 49ers and Raiders offensive lineman Kwame Harris was arrested Sunday morning and attempted to bite a police officer's hand, according to a report from NBC Bay Area. San Francisco police said they found Harris unconscious behind the wheel of his car with the engine running, and that when police tried to handcuff Harris, he tried to bite an officer's hand.
Harris was convicted in 2013 of misdemeanor domestic violence and battery for beating his ex-boyfriend during an argument.
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Friday, 3 April 2015
Denise Berry and her 12-year-old son were headed to a barbershop when her son pointed out a man's feet hanging out of a car window at a stoplight.
The two shared a laugh, then continued on their way Wednesday afternoon. Berry, 44, noticed that a car was following them, said Lt. Dave Coleman with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. She saw a Hawthorne police officer, pulled to the side of the road in the 14200 block of Kornblum Avenue and told him what was going on.
He told her to pull in front of him so he could help her. Read more..
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Los Angeles police officials said Tuesday that the department has received its first batch of body cameras and hopes to deploy the new technology this summer.
Although the LAPD has not finalized its policy for the cameras, the department is moving forward with "quite a bit of infrastructure work" to prepare the divisions that will use them first, LAPD's chief information officer told the Police Commission on Tuesday.
Before the devices can be used, department officials must install the docking stations that will charge the cameras and upload their footage, Chief Information Officer Maggie Goodrich told commissioners. That installation also includes potential upgrades to power feeds and network connectivity at each of the divisions, she said.
Those efforts are scheduled to take two or three months to complete.
Goodrich said the first 860 cameras the department received -- purchased with about $1.5 million in private donations -- will be given to officers assigned to the Newton, Mission and Central Traffic divisions, along with some specialized units such as SWAT. Read more..
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