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29
Sep 2009
Earlier this year, six stories involving police use of electronic control devices were published in The Los Angeles Times in less than two weeks. A man in Victorville, CA, attacked his family with a box cutter, and then sheriff's deputies...
29
Sep 2009
Summer 2009 proved that poor people's best friend is the LAPD, not homeless advocates.
The homeless industry on Los Angeles's Skid Row lost its final shred of legitimacy this summer. Three murders and their aftermath exposed the advocates...
28
Sep 2009
Jennifer Pickett had been away from her Westchester home for only about 10 minutes before she returned to retrieve a forgotten baby bottle.
With her three young children and a friend waiting in the car, Pickett opened the front door of her...
28
Sep 2009
Far be it from me, who has spent the better part of three decades working as a police officer, to encourage anyone to take up a life of crime. But for anyone already disposed toward such a life, a golden opportunity briefly presented...