Law Enforcement

A homeless woman picked up an LAPD nightstick during the skid row shooting — and could get life in prison
Millions of people viewed video of the fatal police shooting March 1 of an unarmed black man known as "Africa" outside his skid row tent. Police said the man, Cameroonian immigrant Charly Keunang, grabbed an officer's holstered gun when they tried to take him into custody on suspicion of robbery. The shooting stoked long-simmering tensions and anger among skid row inhabitants and advocates who accuse Los Angeles police of being too quick to resort to heavy-handed, violent tactics.
Los Angeles Times

Boyfriend Arrested in Death of Ex-LAPD Officer-Turned Attorney
A Redondo Beach man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of killing his girlfriend, a former Los Angeles police officer-turned attorney who starred in a reality show on cable television. Officers were sent to the residence the couple shared in the 1900 block of Nelson Avenue about 7:20 a.m. on an emergency call "from a distraught male," and discovered the victim dead inside, said Redondo Beach police Sgt. Fabian Saucedo.
NBC Los Angeles

Man Entering Biden Event in NoHo Arrested After Loaded Gun Is Found in Car: LAPD
Authorities arrested a man Wednesday outside a venue in North Hollywood where Vice President Joe Biden was to appear after a loaded gun was found in his car, police said. Larry Ira Estrin, 62, was at a vehicle checkpoint near Sherman Way and Lankershim Boulevard when a police dog screening cars with its handler signaled that it had detected a firearm, Los Angeles police said..
KTLA 5

Police Search for Shooter in South LA
Police were scouring a South Los Angeles neighborhood for a teen in connection with a shooting that wounded one person Wednesday afternoon, police said. The shooting was reported just before 4:30 p.m. in the area of 46th Street and Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department officials said.
NBC Los Angeles

Police Pursuits on the Rise in LA
Car chases are something of a common sight on Southern California roads, with drivers trying to outrun police on freeways, surface streets and even across the desert sands. In Los Angeles County, there were more than 1,200 in 2014 alone - that's more than three chases each and every day. And in the first half of 2015, police say, there have been more than ever, with varied thoughts about what is sparking the increase. “A lot of them do seem to be more brazen. A little more callous, a little more cavalier in their attitudes towards running from the police,” said LAPD Commander Andy Smith.
NBC Los Angeles

Man Sentenced For Hit-And-Run That Killed Mother Of 7 In Anaheim
A 31-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for running over a mother of seven with his pickup truck and leaving her to die. Junior Rigoberto Lopez of Buena Park struck Daniella Palacios the night of Nov. 1 in Anaheim, knocking her off her bicycle near La Palma and Magnolia avenues, according to prosecutors.
CBS Los Angeles

Police Make Arrest in California Officer's Shooting Death
A San Francisco Bay Area police sergeant was shot and killed during an early morning traffic stop Wednesday, and the man suspected in the shooting has been placed under arrest at a hospital where he is being treated for gunshot wounds, authorities said. Hayward police identified the slain officer as Sgt. Scott Lunger, 48, of Brentwood, California. "We lost a warrior today," said Hayward Police Chief Diane Urban. "We've suffered a tremendous loss."
ABC News

Protests

Protest in South LA Over Woman's Texas Jail Cell Death
Community leaders gathered Tuesday in the Leimert Park area of South Los Angeles to protest after the death of Sandra Bland, who died in police custody after a traffic stop in Texas July 10. Protestors were asking for a federal investigation into the death of Bland, 28, who died inside a jail cell days after she was arrested in Waller County, Texas. Bland was in the process of relocating to her hometown of Chicago, Ill. after she was hired at her alma mater, Prairie View of A&M University.
NBC Los Angeles