“Her death was preventable!” said civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the family of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta. Youtube video of police bodycam, surveillance, and other broadcast footage provided by Los Angeles Times. (warning: the video is disturbing) The Los Angeles Police Department released video footage Monday showing the moment when an […]
The Los Angeles Police Department report that a 12-year-old student from the Sal Castro Middle School has been taken into custody after a shooting incident in a classroom there where five students were injured. While they report that the student is in custody, they have yet to reveal a motive in the shootings that left […]
In the first indictment in the state that alleges the presence of a nationally recognized street gang, a 25-count indictment was unsealed, alleging 12 defendants of a local gang “engaged in drug trafficking, firearms possession, and Money Laundering,” the Justice Department reported. That local Fairview gang, “Fairview MOB,” is alleged to be affiliated with the Campanella […]
In an incident at the area known as Skid Row, Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a robbery suspect after a brief scuffle, after that man, known only as “Africa,” attempted to grab an officer’s gun as homeless people looked on and an onlooker videotaped the shooting. That video was later uploaded to Facebook. […]