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Investigation into racist remarks by officers to be expedited: LAPD Chief
Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday called details of a whistleblower’s complaint alleging racism and discrimination by officers in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Recruitment and Employment Division a “major setback.
LAPD officers under investigation for alleged racist, derogatory comments on audio recording, chief says
The involved officers have been “assigned to home” without police powers, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said during a Tuesday Board of Police Commissioners meeting.
LAPD expediting investigation into racist remarks, Chief McDonnell says
In light of a whistleblower’s complaint that alleged racism and discrimination by officers within the Los Angeles Police Department, an expedited investigation is now underway into the department’s recruitment and employment division, Chief Jim McDonnell said Tuesday.
LAPD investigation into racist, sexist, homophobic comments
According to new reporting by the LATimes, an LAPD officer assigned to recruitment has been secretly recording other officers’ wildly offensive conversations in which they make racist, homophobic, and misogynistic comments about other officers,
LAPD Officers Caught On Audio Spewing Racist Remarks, Complaint Says
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department have been accused of making racist and derogatory remarks on secretly recorded audio.
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Austin Butler’s Home in Los Angeles is Burglarized: Report
Austin Butler’s home in Los Angeles has been reportedly burglarized, with multiple items appearing to have been stolen.
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ABC7 On Your Side obtains texts sent to and from former LAFD Chief Crowley during LA wildfires
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Los Angeles police chief takes over in a period of uncertainty and mixed signals
Jim McDonnell is a cop.  That’s hardly a surprise. He is, after all, the newest chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, one of the nation’s most storied, emulated and criticized law enforcement ...
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Grammy Award-winning rapper Jay Rock arrested in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Rapper Jay Rock was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday evening, according to jail records. The rapper, whose ...
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LAPD releases new video of police shooting in Pacoima that left transgender woman from Ecuador dead
New bodycam video released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows the moments that led to an officer-involved shooting at a Pacoima motel room that left a 30-year-old transgender woman dead.
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Racist, Sexist, Homophobic Los Angeles Police Recordings Just Went Public...They’re Worse Than You Can Imagine
The officers were identified by the LA Times as Sgt. Denny Jong, who is Asian, Lt. Louis Lavender, who is Black, Ofc. Shirley Burgos, a Latina, Ofc. Christian Flores, a Latino, and an officer ...