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In Los Angeles, Shade Most Often Goes to the Privileged
Pilar Marrero
After the hottest summer on record, officials vow again to make the city’s tree cover more equitable.
Newly Released Documents Show Santa Ana Police Union’s Grip on Santa Ana Mayor
Ben Camacho
City records allege Mayor Amezcua ousted two top officials as a favor for cops and violated state open meeting law.
Tunneling Through Sand
Christa Miller
How Long Beach Police used the statements of a victim with a traumatic brain injury to underpin an already weak case.
Inside Safe: More Than A Year of Limited Success and Ongoing Controversy
Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
The city has struggled to keep unhoused people both inside or safe.
Former LA Undersheriff Admits He Had a Deputy Gang Tattoo
Cerise Castle
Former undersheriff Timothy Murakami has testified that he received the tattoo of the Cavemen deputy gang while he was a deputy at the East LA station in the 1980s.
Did Tunnel Vision Result in a Long Beach Woman’s Wrongful Conviction?
Christa Miller
And did police and prosecutors exploit a victim’s traumatic brain injury to win it?

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

An aerial view of a deputy sheriff pulling over a driver in front of a school. We see the asphalt, an LASD vehicle that says "755" and a deputy sheriff at the passenger side door of a blue car.

Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Each shooting profoundly impacts the victim and health of the surrounding community, according to a Knock LA survey.

A tattoo on the back of Keisha Brunston that "Deandre La Rease Brunston" with the dates of his birth and his death. Below the dates the tattoo reads "Compton's Finest,"

Life Under The Gun: How Compton Survives Deputy Shootings

Compton has the highest number of deputy shootings in Los Angeles County.

A Tradition of Violence

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

The Protected Class

An examination of the first documented gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

La clase protegida

Una examinación de las primeras pandillas documentadas en el departamento del sheriff del condado de Los Ángeles

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