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This Week's Most Commented & Recommended

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What's All This About the Waffle? What is all this, you ask? This is not so much an answer, but an extended query. Followed by a lunch. That happened after the post. And kind of in the comments. Which is probably why it had the most comments.
Barney's Beanery Biatches A certain kind of person works at the popular Westside "sports" bar. Too bad no one could get some sports going on the television.
How to Scam Del Taco and Go To Jail Robbery 101: Never boast about the $15 worth of Del Taco (????) you stole in a video...then post the video on YouTube.
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Photo Essay: March 15 Hollywood Anonymous Scientology Protest The second worldwide Anonymous protest against Scientology was held last weekend, in honor of L. Ron Hubbard's birthday, and we've got the pictures. Yeah, happy birthday, dude.
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Jogger Rescues Drowning Man in MacArthur Park; LAPD, LAFD Just Watch, Fail To Take Action
Japanese Vegan Restaurant Opens Downtown
UCLA Begins Spring Break Early with Undie Run
Developing: Person Falls from Building, Dies on Ventura Blvd*
Photo from Anonymous protest by Zach Behrens/LAist
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Edward Bronstein died in March 2020 while officers were forcibly taking a blood sample after his detention.
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Edward Bronstein died in March 2020 while officers were forcibly taking a blood sample after his detention.
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Anthony Lowe was shot and killed by Huntington Park police on Jan. 26. 'Thank goodness that we’re in the era of videos,' said the family attorney as they file a federal civil rights lawsuit
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In a memo, Chief Michel Moore said “extremist groups have hijacked the use of the ‘Thin Blue Line Flag’ to symbolize their undemocratic, racist, and bigoted views.”
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LAPD Chief Moore also questioned officers' actions in the fatal shooting of Takar Smith, although not in two other fatal incidents.