Police Used Smart Streetlight Footage to Investigate Protesters
After a series of protests calling for police reform, the San Diego Police Department accessed the city’s network of streetlight cameras at least 35 times in search of evidence for criminal cases against protesters who police believed vandalized property or threw objects.
‘Nooses’ in Oakland park were exercise aids, man says
Victor Sengbe, who is black, told KGO-TV that the ropes were part of a rigging that he and his friends used as part of a larger swing system. He also shared video of the swing in use.
“Out of the dozen and hundreds and thousands of people that walked by, no one has thought that it looked anywhere close to a noose. Folks have used it for exercise. It was really a fun addition to the park that we tried to create,” Sengbe said.
“It’s unfortunate that a genuine gesture of just wanting to have a good time got misinterpreted into something so heinous,” he told the station.
PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Counts of Manslaughter in Camp Fire Case
The California utility agreed to pay a nearly $2 billion fine for causing the blaze, which killed dozens and destroyed the town of Paradise.
Dozens arrested in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night after day of peaceful protests
One of the hard rubber bullet rounds struck a homeless man in a wheelchair right above his left eye, drawing blood and a large welt.
In October 1871, the city of Los Angeles experienced its first race riot, starting on a street called the Calle de los Negros. It was the first time that many in the United States had even heard of the “City of Angels”. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
Preliminary results of USC-LA County COVID-19 study released
USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study that suggests infections from the new coronavirus are far more widespread – and the fatality rate much lower — in L.A. County than previously thought.
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