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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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The funds will allow nearly twice as many people found incompetent to stand trial to participate in community-based restoration instead of languishing in county jail.
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The money will mean 200 additional beds for a county program that diverts people facing felony charges out of jail and into 'community based settings.'
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Dozens of L.A. County Sheriff’s officials were added Monday as named defendants in a lawsuit alleging the existence of a 'criminal gang' of deputies called the Banditos at the department’s East L.A. Station.
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The DA says in his first three months on the job, his prosecutors have sought so many fewer sentencing enhancements that defendants who are convicted will spend at least a combined 8,000 fewer years behind bars.
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The Sheriff's Department said deputies shot and killed David Ordaz, Jr. as he charged at them with a knife. A bystander's video does not clearly show that's what happened.
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After 100 days in office, DA George Gascon touts big drops in prison sentences sought by his office. A critic predicts 'incalculable losses in public safety.'
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L.A. Sheriff’s deputies were called out Sunday on a ‘medical rescue/suicidal person call’ in East L.A. The man who prompted the call ended up dead.
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L.A. County sheriff's deputies fatally shot Kizzee last August. An autopsy found 16 bullet wounds, at least five from behind.
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The report identified 11 "deputy gangs" and seven "subgroups." Some have tattoos, hand signals, and rituals that are similar to a criminal street gang, it said.
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DA Todd Spitzer's office ruled in June that the officers' actions were "reasonable and justified" when they shot 19-year-old David Sullivan during a traffic stop that went awry.
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'According to their own story, he did not have a gun when they killed him,' said Black Lives Matter leader Melina Abdullah.
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Los Angeles yelled itself awake as thousands marched to condemn police brutality, and demand accountability, racial equity, and meaningful change. Here's what it looks like when L.A. has something to say.
