Reclaiming Streets from ICE with Music, Dance, Altars, Mutual Aid, Community, and Resistance
The Mariachi Plaza event was one of four held across LA. Tuesday night. The June 19 abduction of street vendor Emma de Paz from the Hollywood Home Depot was a touchstone of the Eastside gathering.
July 4, 2025
As ICE Continues Assault on Vulnerable Workers, Groups Launch Fundraiser to Assist Street Vendors
Empty streets and fears of being disappeared off street corners are hurting vendors' ability to stay afloat.
June 19, 2025
LAPD Officer Punched 60-year-old Black Man in Chest, Collapsed His Lung during December Arrest
Chief Moore told the Police Commission that Earl Roots had been hospitalized "due to a complaint of having asthma."
September 13, 2023
LAPD Traffic Safety PSA Scolds Pedestrian for Getting Hit by Red Light Runner
It’s National Traffic Safety Awareness Month! Which apparently means it’s time for LAPD – one of the lead implementing agencies for L.A.’s Vision Zero program – to recycle last year’s misguided pedestrian safety PSA.
August 11, 2023
LAPD Chief Gives Report on Sergeant’s Drive-by Shooting of Unarmed Vet
The drive-by was ruled out of policy. But the findings in the case were neither as critical nor as punitive as they could have been.
July 27, 2023
New L.A. Ordinance Cracking Down on Bicycle “Chop Shops” Ghost of Defunct Mayoral Campaign
In a brief and anticlimactic session yesterday, City Council tentatively* approved a controversial ordinance cracking down on so-called “bicycle chop shops,” which advocates say targets unhoused people.
June 15, 2022
Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?
May 8, 2021
Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”
April 13, 2021
Gun Visible Sliding Along Ground Before 2nd Deputy Opens Fire on Dijon Kizzee, Contradicting New Sheriff Account
September 18, 2020
How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
June 26, 2020
