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The Los Angeles Police Department has been slapped with another lawsuit alleging excessive force and racial profiling. According to legal documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, the department is being sued by Ernest Simon Jr., a Black production employee of the Walt Disney Company’s General Entertainment Division. The plaintiff says the incident took place in March 2021 during a […]
The late Nipsey Hussle was targeted as part of a Los Angeles Police Department program known as Operation LASER, per a new report. The LASER (Los Angeles Strategic Extraction and Restoration) program, as discussed in a recent episode of the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast, was designed to utilize what’s described as “predictive policing technology.” Notably, the […]
Two former Los Angeles Police Department officers had their appeal for reinstatement denied after they were fired for choosing to play Pokémon Go instead of responding to a request for backup while on duty, The Verge reports. The California Court of Appeal upheld the firings on Friday. Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were radioed in April 2017 about assisting a […]
LAPD body camera footage that captured a recent shooting at a North Hollywood Burlington Coat Factory has been released to the public. The clip shows cops opening fire on a suspect inside the retail store, with the shooting leaving the suspect and a teenage girl dead. At one point, the video shows armed officers walk around […]
California authorities have identified the teenage girl who was shot and killed by police while inside a department store dressing room. According to CBS affiliate KCAL, the incident took place Thursday morning at a Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood, where the LAPD responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. Shortly after arriving at […]
A music video director who has been living in Sean Kingston’s home has accused the musician of punching and pulling a gun on him, TMZ shares. The director, who goes by the handle GXDLIKE on Instagram, told TMZ that Kingston let him live and work at his Los Angeles-area home for three months. On Nov. 5, around 2 a.m., […]
T.I. is using his music to reiterate his innocence. The Atlanta-bred rapper returned Thursday night to unleash his latest track “What It’s Come To,” a hard-hitting cut that seemingly finds T.I. taking aim at his sexual assault accusers. T.I. posted the track’s official cover art on social media, which features hand-written lyrics about unspecified claims, an “anonymous provocative conversation,” and “lyin’ […]
Warning the article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault. The LAPD have launched an investigation into sexual assault and drugging allegations against T.I. and wife Tiny, The Daily Beast reports. Rachelle Jenks and an anonymous woman, both of which are being represented by attorney Tyrone A. Blackburn, have provided detailed accounts of their interactions with the […]
In a testimony on Friday, a Los Angeles Police Department detective said a 15-year-old pulled the trigger in the fatal shooting of Pop Smoke last year, with the aim of stealing his diamond Rolex. The New York Daily News reports that the intruder who killed Pop after breaking into his Airbnb was the youngest of the five […]
Deadline has learned that LAPD were called to respond Thursday afternoon to a report of shots fired near the set of the ABC series The Rookie. LAPD officer William Cooper said a call was received at 2:56 p.m. about a possible shooting at Hartford Avenue and West 5th Street, which was described as “a film set.” Even though no suspects were found when […]
