Report Finds LAPD Mishandled George Floyd Protests By City News Service Los Angeles UPDATED 4:40 PM PT Mar. 11, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:15 PM PT Mar. 11, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:15 PM PST Mar. 11, 2021
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) A report commissioned by the City Council found that the Los Angeles Police Department mishandled various aspects of last spring s mass demonstrations sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The 101-page report found that many officers were not properly trained in crowd control tactics, illegally detained people who committed infractions, used less lethal weapons on peaceful protesters, and created chaos through conflicting orders.
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The number of people fatally shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers has decreased in recent years, but the civilian body that oversees the department has found that officers’ actions were significantly flawed in a majority of the cases.
The Los Angeles Police Commission has faulted officers for firing unnecessary shots, failing to maintain effective communication with one another and failing to wait for reinforcements, among other things, a Times analysis of fatal shootings since 2018 shows.
While some of the mistakes likely did not change the outcome of the incident, others led to a fatal confrontation that might have been avoided or increased the chance of death for a civilian hit by multiple bullets.
A new report excoriates Los Angeles police for the department's actions during protests following the death of George Floyd last summer, blaming the agency for
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Law enforcement unions have long stood in the way of needed criminal justice reforms, especially those that would fix excessive sentences or enhance police accountability. Many of the tough-on-crime bills and ballot measures that overfilled prisons and jails in the 1980s and 1990s were bankrolled by the state prison guards’ union. The Los Angeles Police Protective League won a 2017 ballot measure that pushed back against tougher officer discipline adopted in the wake of the Rodney King beating 26 years earlier. Police unions blocked several bills in Sacramento last year, written amid protests over the killing of George Floyd, that would have enhanced police oversight. The Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys is the most outspoken opponent of reform measures put in place by its members’ boss, D.A. George Gascón.