Frank Stoltze
I came to L.A. as a very young reporter on New Year’s Day, 1991. Two months later, four LAPD officers were caught on videotape beating Rodney King. A year later, the night before the riots/rebellion broke out, I was in the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts at an extraordinary rally of rival gangs that had brokered a truce.
Today, I cover Civics and Democracy in L.A. As we face perhaps the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War, I seek to engage with communities and examine the hurdles to becoming involved in the political process. I cover the various social and political movements seeking to improve the lives of Angelenos. I also cover anti-democratic forces.
And after all these years, I still need to figure out the best donut shop in L.A. The best torta. The best (not fanciest) coffee. Best of all I get to meet the smartest, most interesting people and bring their voices to you.
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LA DA Declines to File Charges Against Ex-Inglewood Police Officers In 2016 Fatal Shooting Of CoupleThe killings of Marquintan Sandlin and Kisha Michael after officers found them unconscious in a car led to the firing of five officers and Inglewood paying $8.6 million to settle wrongful death lawsuits. -
They oppose his reformist policies and say he’s running the office in a high-handed manner that has killed morale. Gascón is unapologetic about his efforts to end mass incarceration and combat systemic racism.
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The sheriff did say he's investigating a "potential coverup" after learning that "many people, including senior executives," failed to ensure there was a criminal investigation of the deputy.
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The Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission says it's acting because the Sheriff's Department has failed to eliminate gangs "despite years of documented history of this issue."
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The accusation comes in a statement from the Check the Sheriff coalition, which includes the ACLU and other groups.
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That's the finding of a report by the LAPD inspector general that examined incidents between 2015 and 2020.
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Eli Vera and Matt Rodriguez say KFI is violating FCC rules by giving him his own weekly radio show without providing his electoral opponents equal time.
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A recent survey of the Latino community in Los Angeles found that only a fifth of those polled want to defund the police. The report comes from Cal State LA's Pat Brown Institute.
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"After listening to the community, victims, and colleagues, I understand there may be the rare occasion where the filing of special circumstance allegations may be necessary," Gascón said in a memo.
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The officers allegedly engaged in a “multiyear overtime fraud scheme” that involved exaggerating the number of hours they worked protecting Caltrans crews.
