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  • Black and white postcard photo of the banks of a river, with land on the left side, low-hanging trees at the water's edge, and water on the right side. There are multiple long canoe-like boats at the banks, and several people standing on or in the boats. There is text in the upper right corner that says "66 Bongo Belge/Belgisch Congo Buli Le Lualaba/De Lualaba."

    “15 Million Have Been Killed In My LifeTime” — LA’s Congolese Community Reflects on 28 Years of Genocide

    Mohammed Ahmad
    As the DRC commemorates 28 years since the second Congo war, LA’s Congolese community reflect on the devastation that continues today.
  • A Year After Historic Anti-ICE Protests, LA City Attorney Launches Surprise Prosecution of More Than Twenty Demonstrators

    Miguel Camnitzer
    The charges, filed just days before the statute of limitations would have expired, draw comparisons to the repression of protesters by Trump’s federal prosecutors.
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    High Desert Residents Sound the Alarm on Potential Data Centers in Adelanto

    Rosalind Jones
    A public hearing turned feisty as residents and commissioners traded sharp remarks over a proposed Municipal Code amendment.
  • Breaking Down Political Narratives Surrounding Homelessness in Los Angeles

    Angela Mariya Alejandro

    Prominent narratives framing LA homelessness shifts poverty into a policing problem that normalizes encampment displacements and avoids genuine conversations on affordable housing and care investments.
  • Second Annual Night Out for Safety and Liberation Highlights Westside Community Care and Organizing

    Rosalind Jones
    Mar Vista Voice and Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid spoke with Knock LA about the importance of collectivism and solidarity during this community-focused event.
  • Gender-Based Violence and Anti-Black Racism Alleged at Culver City’s Project Homekey

    Rosalind Jones
    Additional program participants have come forward with allegations of racial harassment, sexual assault, and other harms after city officials announced policy changes at the facility.

LASD Records

Databases of Known Associates of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Shootings 1984-Current


Part of Cerise Castle’s A Tradition of Violence and Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Life Under The Gun

An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

A Tradition of Violence

The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

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The Protected Class

Cerise Castle
An examination of the first documented gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
a red and black graphic representation of a tear gas canister breaking through a glass window with the logo of the east la sheriff's department superimposed in the background

La clase protegida

Cerise Castle
Una examinación de las primeras pandillas documentadas en el departamento del sheriff del condado de Los Ángeles
  • How LA Landlords Are Using Flock Safety to Build a Private Surveillance Network

  • LAPD Suspends Contract with Flock Safety For Now

  • ‘Crushing Wheelchairs’ Brings Stories of Homelessness and the Unhoused to Light

  • “It’s a nightmare in there for us.” Additional Residents of Project Homekey Culver City Decry Carceral, Dehumanizing Conditions

  • “I’m not interested in patriotism. I’m interested in justice.”

  • Inside LA’s Endless Queues for Housing, Care, and Survival

  • Part Three: Who Deserves Grace? Reclaiming the Lives of Dogs and Men

  • “My people and my homeland are still under attack.”

  • Farmworkers Betrayed: Chicana Activists Reflect on Cesar Chavez’s Legacy

  • Does Flock Safety Keep Women Safe?

  • Los Angeles is Losing Third Spaces

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    Putting the Public Back in Housing — Part 2

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