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The ACLU of Southern California has charged the LAPD with creating a “police state” in downtown’s Skid Row and seek to extend a 3-year-old injunction that declared arbitrary searches on Skid Row illegal. The ACLU argues that the 4th amendment protection from arbitrary searches has been violated by LAPD officers who have been searching through the pockets, possessions and encampments of the homeless since Skid Row sweeps began last September.

UCLA is policed by the UCPD who follow this taser policy: 301.24 PAIN COMPLIANCE TECHNIQUES (Metroblogging LA) "We are Big Brother. Not the government or the police; American society - LOS ANGELES - is Big Brother. And to that, I say: so be it." (LACityNerd) "The acting Chancellor of UCLA, Norman Abrams, an expert in anti-terrorist law, has, in a statement issued by the University, gone a long way towards justifying the repeated tasering...

Some updates since yesterday... After the day cooled down... LAPD's blog was updated and the commenters have taken sides. It gets Federal The FBI is now looking into the video: LA Observed | CNN Power to the Tube At 4 pm on Thursday, the video on YouTube had been viewed just under 4,000 times. At 11:15 pm, the video had been viewed just shy of 27,000 times. As of 12:30 pm today, the video...

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing.

Former US Secretary of Education William Bennett is in the media hot seat right now. The conservative talk show host made the following statement during a Wednesday broadcast of Morning in America: "[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." (listen to the clip)

The teenager's case became a bit of a as a number of prominent writers spoke out to back him. In particular, Michael Chabon wrote a notable editorial on the subject in the New York Times in April.

The issue has degenerated into an all-out culture war fiesta. The ACLU seems to have had a strong legal case for their complaint, as the County board caved quickly on a 3-2 vote. The cross had been a part of the seal since 1957.