Recent developments in California and New York make it clear: Foster care is now known to be so harmful to children—and there is so much abuse in foster care—that agencies providing it are becoming ...
As we speed toward Tuesday, June 7, the day of California’s primary election, it may be useful to delve into a recent series of events that demonstrate how Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva ...
Federal education law explicitly seeks to help homeless children and youth stay in school, in the hopes academic opportunity will allow them to break the cycle of housing instability. Taking them out ...
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna attended the monthly meeting of the Sheriff’s Civilian Oversight Commission—or COC. Sheriff Luna was scheduled to give a 30-minute ...
On Thursday, January 25, the team of five appellate attorneys who are now representing Mark Ridley-Thomas filed their 102-page brief in order to appeal their client’s conviction with the United States ...
On Tuesday, the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint lawyer Nicole Davis Tinkham as the new interim head of LA’s Public Defender’s office. The vote to ...
Misconduct and brutality at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in criminal convictions for 21 department members, including former Sheriff Lee Baca. Now that the string of high ...
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 10 – The U.S. Government changes its story
On May 30, of this year, the conviction of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney prompted a renewed discussion on the importance of the rule of law in the U.S. A reminder of ...
This piece was published in coordination with Zealous, an organization working to challenge injustice through media, storytelling, and the arts. In April 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ...
Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Lieutenant, and His Son, a Former Compton Cop, Indicted for Cross-Country Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy Last week twenty-two alleged members and associates of two ...
Judge Renee Korn’s day was running late last Thursday morning, so it past 10:30 a.m. before the sentencing hearing for former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy, Giancarlo Scotti, finally got ...
A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) like the Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...
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