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One prosecuted a man shot by an ICE officer in South L.A. The other missed court deadlines in another man's detention case.
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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.
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Most of the 18 who spoke Tuesday oppose Moore's reappointment. The public can weigh in until Jan. 24.
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There is debate about LAPD Chief Michel Moore’s commitment to community policing as he seeks a second five-year term.
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The 35-year-old was fatally shot by police on Jan. 3 after he allegedly stepped toward officers with a sharp metal object. Sanchez’s family said he was experiencing a mental health crisis.
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The move comes after the panel's president set the vote for Jan. 10, just two weeks after Moore said he was seeking five more years as chief.
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After we asked why a ban was still in place, the Sheriff’s Department said it was lifting it “immediately.”
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The jail’s head doctor said he was facing a roughly 40% vacancy in mental health positions.
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In trying to discredit Harvey Weinstein's accusers in his Los Angeles rape trial, the former studio chief's lawyers stooped very low.
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The vote comes nearly four years after an earlier vote to ban its use — instead the situation got worse.
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The jury was unable to reach a verdict on several counts, including those tied to Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Weinstein is already serving a lengthy sentence in New York.
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Lorenzo Mays, who is intellectually disabled, spent years lost in a criminal justice system in California that too often fails people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
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The numbers were down in 2021 compared with 2020, but a local expert says this is "a difficult category to count."
