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Why did it take decades to charge anyone in the shocking murder of Tupac Shakur? A deep dive into the history and arrest of Duane "Keffe D" Davis.

Rosie O'Donnell is calling for the release of the Menendez brothers, who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing their parents in 1989.

Erik and Lyle Menendez requested the court vacate their 1996 convictions, pointing to newly raised allegations that their father molested a former underage member of boy band Menudo that are laid out in an NBC docuseries.

By City News Service Apr 23, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The city of Los Angeles today requested that a judge modify her order restricting the Los Angeles Police Departments use of projectile launchers that are deemed “less lethal ahead of anticipated May Day protests. The order comes after Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the LAPD in light of a March 25 protest in Echo Park and a March 13 demonstration in Hollywood in which police and pro...

–failures that date back to the Democratic Convention demonstration in 2000.  Some progressives see this as a cover-up for LAPD historical harassment, violence and arrests. It has been ongoing for decades. Carol Sobel, a prominent civil liberties attorney known for suing the city on behalf of the homeless, is also representing people arrested  and allegedly abused by the police during the George Floyd protests last May. Sobel said that the report “underscores the claims we made in our law...

By City News Service Apr 20, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A day after a federal judge issued an order restricting the LAPDs use of “less lethal projectile launchers against crowds of protesters, Chief Michel Moore today announced two directives restricting officers use of the devices. Chief Michel Moore told the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners that the department directives were issued Tuesday morning. One directs an immediate moratorium on the use of 37mm launchers. The second directi...

Updated 3 hours ago Getty Attorneys representing Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles have again asked a federal judge to restrict, or enjoin, LAPD officers from using certain “less lethal” weapons when trying to control or disperse street protests, citing the city’s own after-action reviews that found some officers’ use of the weapons at demonstrations last summer were improper. “Temporarily enjoining the use of the 40 and 37 mm weapons – which the LAPD’s own commissioned report ind...

Police Commission gives LAPD two weeks to set priorities for improvements Protester Diego Martinez takes a knee in front of LAPD officers in Hollywood on June 2, 2020. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) April 13, 2021 6:36 PM PT Print The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday gave top LAPD officials two weeks to consolidate three recent reports on the department’s handling of last spring’s protests into a single plan of action that identifies top reform priorities, estimates associat...

Report documents last year’s Los Angeles police crackdown On March 10, the Los Angeles City Council released a 101-page report commissioned in the wake of mass protests against police violence following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota that documents the violent, heavy-handed crackdown on lawful demonstrators by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). A police officer arrests a woman as protests over the death of George Floyd continued in Los Angeles. (Image Credit AP Ph...

On March 11, the City Council received a report commissioned last summer to “examine” the LAPD’s violence during the George Floyd uprising. The Los Angeles Times and New York Times quickly declared…