New York’s Returning Police Boss Targets Stop-and-Frisk Practice

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2014 New York City's newly installed mayor, Bill de Blasio, has tapped Bill Bratton to run the NYPD under his watch, and the returning chief stepped up Thursday with a plan to target and reduce one of the most controversial tactics practiced by the city's police force. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Broke L.A. Cuts Million Dollar Checks to Cops and Firefighters

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 A little-known pension scheme in the City of Angels lets public safety workers double-dip at the taxpayers' expense. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Christopher Dorner and the Lines That Divide Us

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 14, 2013 Issues of race and the LAPD have been raised once again in the case of Christopher Dorner, a dismissed African-American cop accused of killing four people before apparently losing his life in a gunfight with police and subsequent fire.Issues of race and the LAPD have been raised once again in the case of Christopher Dorner, a dismissed African-American cop accused of killing four people. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Christopher Dorner Manhunt May Be Over (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2013 Investigators believe that it was fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner who barricaded himself in a cabin, engaged officers in an intense gunfight and was unable to escape before the building burned down. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Desperate L.A. Offers $1 Million Bounty for Accused Cop Killer

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2013 A week after former police officer Christopher Dorner is alleged to have begun killing those people he reportedly views as his enemies, authorities in Southern California -- and even Charlie Sheen -- are doing everything they can to bring the elusive man out of the shadows. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Manhunt On for Revenge-Seeking Ex-LAPD Officer Accused of Killing 3

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2013 Police say Christopher Dorner implicated himself in the killings through a "manifesto" that he posted online this week in which he identifies potential targets by name. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

L.A. Woman Dies After Arrest That Included Kick in Groin

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 A South Los Angeles woman who had dropped her two children off at a police station later died after an encounter with officers in which one of them kicked her in the groin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chalk One Up for Artist Alex Schaefer

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 16, 2012 Artist and dissenter Alex Schaefer was arrested last month by the Los Angeles Police Department and charged with misdemeanor vandalism when he chalked a sidewalk in an act of civil disobedience against Chase Bank. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy L.A.: Decamped but Not Deterred

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2011 Despite being swarmed and ejected by LAPD officers early Wednesday morning, members of the Occupy movement's Los Angeles contingent are regrouping and figuring out how to put their collective power to best use in other similar demonstrations in the future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

LAPD Uses a Lighter Touch While Evicting Occupiers

Staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2011 Hoping to avoid the kind of bad press that other city governments and police forces (ahem, Oakland) recently earned for their ham-fisted mistreatment of Occupy outposts, the Los Angeles Police Department took a slightly different tack early on Monday morning in its attempt to oust Occupy LA (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Case of the Missing Murder

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2010 The murder rate in Los Angeles is shocking -- shockingly low. Fewer Angelenos were killed in 2010 than in any of the last 43 years, and back then the city was 30 percent less crowded. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Witness Says Slain Day Laborer Was Unarmed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2010 The neighborhood of Westlake near downtown Los Angeles has been under lockdown as protests continue after the LAPD killing of a Guatemalan day laborer Sunday. Officers say the man was brandishing a knife, but one witness has come forward to say he was unarmed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )