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Our Supporters. Our generous and valued supporters include: The California Endowment, The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The Institute for Justice and Journalism (which gave us our first grant, through a fund sponsored by the Ford Foundation). Most recently we have received a 2021-22 John S. Knight Foundation Community Impact Fellowship, to help WitnessLA “focus on practical solutions to ...
New LA Innocence Project, Funded by Exoneree, Will Partner With ...
Aug 23, 2022 · Photo: Paula Mitchell, director of the LAIP at Cal State LA, speaks during a news conference on Aug. 19 announcing the new partnership. Mitchell was joined by Cal State LA Executive Vice President and Provost Jose A. Gomez, exoneree and founding donor of the project Andrew Wilson, State Sen. Bob Hertzberg, State Sen. Steven Bradford, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, and Katherine Roberts ...
Former LA Sheriff’s Lieutenant & Son Federally Indicted for …
Jul 7, 2017 · Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Lieutenant, and His Son, a Former Compton Cop, Indicted for Cross-Country Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy . Last week twenty-two alleged members and associates of two street gangs, the Los Angeles-based Grape Street Crips, and the Memphis-based Peda Roll Mafia, were indicted by a federal grand jury for being part of a reported drug and money laundering ...
wla – Criminal Justice Journalism in the Public Interest
Oct 8, 2024 · The Race for District Attorney: Gascón & Hochman Debate. October 8, 2024. Written by Celeste Fremon. 6 Comments. LA District Attorney George Gascón and challenger Nathan Hochman squared off in in an hour-long debate on Tuesday, Oct 1, which may be the last opportunity that voters have to see them take each other on before November...
41st and Central, 1969 – The Black Panther Shootout & the birth …
Apr 6, 2011 · But the Panthers’ meteoric rise drew enemies—lots of them. On January 17, 1969, Carter and fellow Panther John Huggins were shot to death in UCLA’s Campbell Hall by members of the rival black radical group Us. Agents, operating under the FBI’s infamous COINTEL (counterintelligence) program and masquerading as Panthers and anonymous Us ...
News
Rosa Gonzalez, the Whistleblower – Part 1. August 14, 2024. 193 Comments. LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez wanted to be a cop ever since she was a kid. “I grew up in a bad... August 8, 2024. 1 Comment. The case of Mark Ridley-Thomas is due to be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in November...
LASD
Update on LASD recruits injured, several critically, when hit by speeding SUV in devastating incident. November 16, 2022. 14 Comments. Slightly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, November 16, an SUV traveling southbound on Mills...
Columns
Don’t shield private foster care agencies from accountability for abuse. September 20, 2024. 1 Comment. The “crisis” facing Foster Family Agencies is an opportunity for real reform Recent... Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews.
Investigations
For the young people in Los Angeles County’s 12 juvenile camps, 3 juvenile halls, and one... 1. Teenager at LA County Probation’s Sylmar Juvenile Hall Beaten on Video by Four Probation Officers as Supervisor Watches. THE BEATDOWN On April 24, four Los Angeles County probation officers allegedly beat a non-combative...
Deputy Gangs hearing #6: harassment of witnesses
Sep 26, 2022 · Written by Celeste Fremon. On Friday, September 23, the LA County Sheriffs Civilian Oversight Commission held the sixth of its special public hearings on the issue of deputy gangs. The event, which was held both in person and virtually, was set to begin at 9 a.m. But before the hearing’s special counsel, Bert Deixler, began to call witnesses ...