Emily Elena Dugdale
Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
(she/her)
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The Sheriff's Department said there was no sign of a struggle or trauma, and that Fuller had at least one previous suicide attempt and had contemplated it on other occasions. -
"Police officers that don't wear the mask are wrong," said Police Commission member Steve Soboroff. "You've gotta get used to it."
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People have taken to social media to show maskless LAPD officers and L.A. County sheriff's deputies.
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There are currently more than 2,600 state prison inmates with COVID-19; 22 have died, along with two prison staff members.
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The hanging death of the African American Robert Fuller in Palmdale came during the national reckoning about systemic racism, in the heart of the Antelope Valley, which has a particularly troubled racial history.
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Neo-Nazis and skinheads lurk, and for a time, L.A. County housing officials and Sheriff's deputies systematically discriminated against Black people in Section 8 housing.
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The program, which starts July 1, will cover inmates serving time for non-violent crimes with six months or less left on their sentence.
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Attorney General Xavier Becerra's office will now assist in the investigation, and the FBI will monitor the inquiry.
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The L.A. County coroner now says he needs to look at the case "a little more deeply and carefully."
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Two months ago there were fewer than 100 cases among state prison inmates; there have been 3,000 more cases since then.
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