
Emily Elena Dugdale
Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
(she/her)
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Eddie Gonzalez, the former Long Beach Unified School District school safety officer, shot and killed the 18-year-old Rodriguez last month near Millikan High.
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A data study by Cal State Northridge and Neighborhood Legal Services found that Black Antelope Valley residents made up one-sixth of the population, but they were involved in one-third of all deputy stops.
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The claim alleges that Deputy Daniel Acquilano — the school resource officer at Lancaster High School — body slammed and straddled MiKayla Robinson after she refused to give her phone to him and walked away.
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Deputies in California’s Antelope Valley are disproportionately citing Black teens, often for minor infractions, like getting in fights or smoking. “They’re turning the principal’s office into the police station,” said one lawyer.
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After videos surfaced of an L.A. Sheriff's deputy body slamming a 16-year old Black student, community activists want Lancaster High School to sever ties with the department.
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Some VA psychologists are tailoring their care to talk about race-based stress and trauma.
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A test trial didn’t begin today because the defendant was in a county jail dorm that was quarantined due to a possible COVID-19 exposure.
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With overwhelmed health departments calling for help, National Guard soldiers get unusual assignments running COVID19 testing sites and assisting nursing homes.
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The move comes amid a scandal involving LAPD officers falsifying records to wrongly include people in the database.
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While saying questions remain about the death of the 24-year-old found hanging from a tree in Palmdale last month, the lawyer said his investigation has not turned up any evidence of foul play.
Stories by Emily Elena Dugdale
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