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Jared Bennett
What I cover
I'm the correspondent for the watchdog team at LAist covering immigration and law enforcement.
My background
Prior to returning to reporting, I was the editor of the watchdog team, which covers Southern California with a focus on accountability and transparency. I’ve spent my career in investigative journalism from the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, part of Louisville Public Media. I’ve broken news about policing, incarceration, public assistance programs and disaster recovery. My reporting in Kentucky earned an Investigative Reporters and Editors award, a national Edward R. Murrow award and the Daniel Schorr Prize, among other accolades. More importantly, it led to concrete change, including millions of dollars in medical and unemployment insurance debt relief.
My goals
My goal is to use the tools of investigative reporting to write stories that expose problems, explain what went wrong and help create change.
Best way to contact me
Email me with tips or story ideas at jbennett@laist.com. For a more secure form of communication, I'm on Signal @jbennett.18.
Stories by Jared Bennett
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Nearly six months Keith Porter, Jr., was fatally shot, his family is still waiting for answers. They've challenged federal officials' account of the encounter.
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Homicides are on decline in LA but shooting deaths of unhoused people remain disproportionately highLAPD data shows at least 278 unhoused people have been shot and killed in Los Angeles since 2015. An investigation by LAist and The LA Local found that is an undercount.
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An attorney for the truck driver is arguing statements by the San Bernardino County district attorney violated their client's rights under the California Racial Justice Act.
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The charitable response to the January fires has been unprecedented. LAist is launching a survey to help the public follow the money.
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Attorneys say federal authorities are seizing any opportunity to hold people for long periods of time.
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Jim McDonnell, chief of LAPD, has issued new guidance instructing officers to identify federal agents conducting immigration enforcement on body-cam footage.
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The LAPD said there were 35 arrests for allegedly violating the curfew order overnight. In all, the department said there have been 561 arrests related to protest activity since last Saturday.
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LAist reporters witnessed LAPD officers firing less-lethal munitions into crowds and taunting protestors from a helicopter. State law and a federal court order restrict the use of crowd dispersal weapons unless specific criteria are met.
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We’re looking for leads for stories and information not previously reported that are important for the public to know.
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Mayor Karen Bass said she'll consult with officials Wednesday on whether to extend the curfew.
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