Jury Awards $13 Million to LAPD Officers Accused of Drawing Hitler Mustache on Arrestee
By Audrey Sawyer LOS ANGELES, CA – A jury awarded $13.1 million in damages July 12 to…
Actor Making Documentary on Police Brutality Sues LAPD after Officers Tase Him When He Called Cops to Stop Burglar
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGLES, CA – “SnowFall” actor Damien Smith sued the Los Angeles Policy…
Unlike Other States, California Ex-Prisoners Left on Own – Prison to Homelessness Pipeline Real Thing
By The Vanguard Staff LONG BEACH, CA – A recently-released prisoner here, Alberto Perez, has bounced around…
Los Angeles Courts Announce Major Bail Reform, Calling Pretrial Rules ‘Safe and Fair’ for ‘Most Non-Violent, Non-Serious Felonies, Misdemeanors’ – Takes Effect Oct. 1
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Los Angeles County Superior Court Wednesday OK’d a…
Catalyst California and ACLU Report Details Unethical Police Work, Impact on Los Angeles and Riverside Counties
By Claire Hsu LOS ANGELES, CA – Catalyst California and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of…
California Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction, Calls for New Sentencing Under Amended State Rules
By Ximena Cesa LOS ANGELES, CA – Andres Quinonez Reyes was originally convicted in trial of second…
George Floyd Protestor Awarded $860K by Los Angles City after Police Shot Him
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A man shot by a projectile and badly wounded…
Law Enforcement Use of ‘Excited Delirium’ Shields Them from Responsibility for Suspect Deaths, Reason Magazine Suggests
By Ximena Cesa LOS ANGELES, CA – Reason Magazine, a U.S. libertarian monthly, recently argued that as…
The Appeal Reports: ‘LASD Says It Wants to Keep Hitting People in the Head’ – Hearing Judge Charges Jail’s Past Promises ‘Evaporated’
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The ACLU of Southern California continued its battle with…
Leaked Los Angeles Jail Videos Show Deputies Not Intervening in Fights, Woman in Wheelchair Giving Birth in Hallway
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Video clips smuggled out of Los Angeles County jails…
Jury Finds Former Los Angeles Police Officer Guilty of Rape, DA Gascón Announces
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – After deliberating about one and a half days, a…
Coalition Announced Los Angeles County Jail Action Monday, Urging ‘Budget Justice, Decarceration, Jail Closure and Youth Justice’
By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – The Re-Imagine LA Coalition, the Justice LA Coalition, and youth…
New Report Outlines Detrimental Effects of Wildfires and Other Climate Emergencies on Prisons and Their Population
By Alphaeus Donatus Caston Bey LOS ANGELES, CA – A report released this week by the Ella…
Los Angeles District Attorney Files 2 Dozen Counts Against Recycling Plant, Owners Allegedly Responsible for Decades of Toxic Pollution Near School in Watts Community
By Kaveh Nasseri and Audrey Sawyer LOS ANGELES, CA – Felony charges were filed Wednesday by the…
Los Angeles County Settles ‘Inhumane Conditions, Overcrowding’ Jail Lawsuit with ACLU
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The American Civil Liberties Union and Los Angeles County…
First Amendment Coalition Materials ‘Expose Questionable Rationale’ for Los Angeles Sheriff’s ‘Invasive Probe’ During Protest
By The Vanguard Staff SAN RAFAEL, CA – The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) said this week “materials”…
Another Freshman GOP Representative Appears to Have Lied about Her Past
By: Cooper Dutton Tampa, Florida—Following the scandal over George Santos’ extensive lies about his past, another…
Governor Newsom Cuts Ties with Walgreens, the Nation’s Second Largest Pharmacy
By Katya Tankimovich LOS ANGELES — In an effort to curb the Republican party’s restrictive abortion plan…
Non-Profit Org Causes Radical Transformation for Individuals in Prison
By Benjamin Frandsen CALIFORNIA—At the age of 16, Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in…
Jail Surveillance Video Released by ACLU Shows Deputies Smashing Man’s Head into Concrete Wall
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A jail surveillance video caught an incarcerated man’s head…
