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California Highway Patrol is Using Military Equipment Against State Law.
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped
Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them
Sam Levin
https://lapublicpress.org/2024/05/two-nights-of-violence-at-uclas-solidarity-encampment/
Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors
The locations of microphones used to detect gunshots have been kept hidden from police and the public. A WIRED analysis of leaked coordinates confirms arguments critics have made against the technology.
LAPD Is Using Israeli Surveillance Software That Can Track Your Phone and Social Media
The software, built by Cobwebs Technologies, uses AI to track, surveil, and create profiles of people based on online and phone data.
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Occidental College undergrad workers join the campus labor movement
In Los Angeles, Rising Occidental Student Employees is fighting for fair wages amidst the city’s cost of living crisis.
Mel Buer
Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other
As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, cross-industry supporters from hotel workers to the Teamsters are joining the picket lines.
Mel Buer
Echo Park Lake Reopened, But Its Food Vendors Have Been Fenced Out
Three food vendors at Echo Park Lake talk about what the park means to them and how it’s changed since the reopening.
Gabe Fuente
Attacks on Trans People in LA Despite Legal Protections
Despite California’s legal protections for trans students, trans workers, and trans healthcare recipients, attacks on trans people continue.
Katie Fedigan-Linton