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Learn about the history of L.A. uprisings against anti-Black police violence, from Watts to the 1992 uprisings to the summer of 2020. Follow the conversation around police budgets and law enforcement elections and explore proposals to change the criminal legal system and end mass incarceration.

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Trayvon Martin Protest in Hollywood on July 14, 2013
"Violence does nothing to help Trayvon and the Martin family get the justice they deserve."
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The Justice Department today announced preliminary agreements with the L.A. County Sheriff's Department to make broad changes to policing in the Antelope Valley and enforcement of Section 8 housing.
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A new bill has been pushed forward that would require perpetrators of "swatting" to reimburse the police for the cost of responding to hoaxes.
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The bill would put airport officers on the same legal footing as LAPD officers and sheriff's deputies.
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LAPD's alleged failure to produce records related to the use of automatic license plate readers sparks law suit.
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It's been 21 years since the April 29 that will live in local infamy. But what are those who weren't even around back then think about it?
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As part of distracted driving month, which starts today, police across Southern California will be ticketing for texting drivers, those holding a cellphone to their head or drivers whose attention wanders for any reason.
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Smart911 allows citizens to create a safety profile for their household that includes any information they want 911 and emergency response teams to have in the event of an emergency.
Left: Sean Penn as Mickey Cohen in 'Gangster Squad.' Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Right: Mickey Cohen after being convicted of income tax evasion in 1951. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection, USC Libraries.
With "Gangster Squad," the world's attention turns to the criminal underworld of postwar L.A. and its pugilistic boss, Mickey Cohen.
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The latest LAPD gun buyback offered grocery store gift certificates in return for weapons. Worth it?
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The officers will make the stops part of their routine patrol, Chief Beck said, adding that "nobody will ever know when. You won't know whether they are in uniform or plain clothes."
Connecticut State Police walk near the scene of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. | Photo by Douglas Healey/Getty Images
In the wake of the shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department beefed up patrols around city schools today.
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