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Mistakenly shot a 14-year-old girl in a dressing room. valentina orellana-peralta died after police opened fire on a suspect in a burlington coat factory. she was trying on holiday dresses with her mother when she was struck by a stray bullet and killed. it's been a brutal end to the year for the lapd. the department has killed 18 people in 2021, more than twice the number of 2020. the author of that reporting joins me now. los angeles correspondent for "the guardian," sam levin. >> thanks for having me. >> the lapd is seeing an increase in deaths. what's going on with the tactics?

>> we've seen five people killed by the los angeles police department in just nine days this month, a devastating month for the loss of life at the hands of the lapd. we've seen a massive increase this year in shootings of civilians by lapd. there are a lot of concerns about the tactics police are using and their ability to de-escalate situations. there are a lot of concerns about the tactics. >> sam, let's talk about what we saw at the coat factory, the burlington coat factory. the surveillance video of the suspect is very scary. the guy was hitting a woman with a bike lock. it was terrifying...

Gun, he didn't have anything in his hand except this bike lock. there are questions why fatal force was used so quickly when in the video it appeared he didn't make any commands, he didn't tell the individual anything, he just quickly shot almost as soon as he saw him. so i think there are questions about those tactics as well as the specific equipment that lapd brings into a situation like this. >> questions about training. how has the lapd responded to your reporting? have they? >> they have not responded to my reporting. they've basically declined to answer questions about this case and abo...

A recently leaked memo on police training in Israel confirms what activists in Seattle have known all along - the ADL is not an ally for racial justice.

A leaked memo revealed that ADL leaders had debated ending their controversial police delegations to Israel two years ago. Activists say the memo shows why progressive groups should cut ties with the organization.