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From the LA Times:

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Bratton Vows to Review Police Use of Flashlights
After last week's videotaped beating of a suspect, chief focuses on department's policy.
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Graffiti Might Be Hate Crime
Sheriff's detectives were investigating as a possible hate crime the vandalism of cars and the spray-painting of walls in a Lancaster neighborhood early Saturday, authorities said.
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Detectives Kill Man Who Struck Cop With His Car
Burbank police detectives shot and killed a 25-year-old man after he struck one of them with his car, authorities said Saturday.
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Man Allegedly Wielding Shotgun Killed by Police
A 50-year-old man allegedly armed with a shotgun was killed by officers attempting to serve a search warrant at an Echo Park home, police said Saturday.
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New Jail Options Needed
Counties' detention centers may not have to be operated by sheriffs.
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From the Daily News:

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Hunting a drug lord
For years, when police intercepted cocaine and methamphetamine coming into locations as far-flung as Hawaii and Florida, they would hear the same thing when they cracked the suspects carrying the drugs: "I got it from Henry in L.A."
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Agreement means truce in lengthy Burbank airport battle
The tentative cease-fire reached this past week between the city and Bob Hope Airport authorities caps airport growth for the next seven years -- new gates would be banned -- and halts a costly court fight.
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LAPD rule under scrutiny
Continuing a community relations campaign in the wake of the videotaped police beating of a suspected car thief, LAPD Chief William Bratton said Saturday he will review the policy that allows officers to hit suspects with flashlights.
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Moore seeks mayor slot
For Walter Whitman Moore, the challenge he now faces is getting beyond the dreams of his namesake into the practical world of politics.
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Activists protest patrol's sweeps
Chanting pro-immigrant slogans and carrying handwritten signs with messages such as "We Do The Hard Work," hundreds of people marched through a mostly Hispanic section of downtown Saturday to protest a series of recent Border Patrol arrests of illegal immigrants.
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