Sep 11 2012
LAPD Faces Scrutiny Amid a Wave of Police Brutality Incidents
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The Los Angeles Police Department in late August released a video of police violently arresting Alesia Thomas, a 35-year old mother of two. Thomas died shortly after being kicked violently in the groin by police officers during her arrest. The four officers and supervisor involved have been assigned to administrative duties at the police station.
Only two weeks earlier in …
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa last week at the Democratic National Convention oversaw a vote to make two amendments to the DNC platform. As chair of the DNC, Villaraigosa called for votes to reinsert a reference to God in the party’s platform after it was removed and faced criticism from Republicans. More controversially however, the LA Mayor also called for a vote to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. …
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