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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
March 1, 2016 |
Help Keep a Convicted Cop Killer Behind Bars
Keeping our communities safe should be our top priority, and that must include the safety of Los Angeles police officers. Convicted cop murderer Raylene Brooks is once again up for parole and we need your help to keep this killer behind bars. On the night of September 3, 1988, Officer Daniel Pratt and his partner, Officer Veronica Delao Jenkins, were undercover in South Los Angeles when they heard what they thought was gunfire. They then encountered the headlights of the car that, just minutes before, had been involved in a gang-related drive-by shooting, leaving three people wounded. Upon pursuit, Brooks made an abrupt U-turn and headed toward the officers. Brooks' then boyfriend, Kirkton Moore, opened fire on Officer Pratt, striking and killing him instantly. As the driver of the car involved in the shooting, Brooks was convicted of first-degree murder of a peace officer.
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Two shot on front porch in South Los Angeles
A man and a woman standing on the front porch of a house in South Los Angeles were shot and wounded but are expected to survive, police said today. The shooting near the intersection of Grand Avenue and 106th Street took place about 9:30 p.m. Monday, said Sgt. Val Valenti, watch commander at the Los Angeles Police Department's Southeast Division. “A 35-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were standing on a front porch when two men walked up, opened fire and hit them,” Valenti said. “They were taken to a hospital and are OK this morning.”
Los Angeles Daily News
LAPD Gives Insight Into Investigations On Officer-Involved Shootings
Clashes with Los Angeles Police Officers were up in 2015 and the police commission is concerned. On Tuesday, the panel will release a summary of incidents which the LAPD said will be the most comprehensive report of its kind in the nation. Many questions have been raised about whether investigations into the incidents are fair and thorough. Officials provided Eyewitness News with access to the Force Investigation Unit and an officer who was once in the eye of the storm. Officer Jerald Case shot a suspect dead who was on a crime spree and attacked a man. Case ended up saving the victim's life. Yet, that did not give Case's shooting a quick stamp of approval.
ABC 7
Councilman to Introduce Motion to Restrict Butane to Thwart Drug Trade
Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson said on Monday he plans to introduce a motion to restrict purchases of butane -- used to make a potent form of marijuana known as honey oil. Wesson said he did not realize the magnitude of the problem until he saw NBC4's story on the accessibility and danger of butane. The motion was expected to be voted on in the Public Safety Committee, on Tuesday, before going to the full City Council for a vote on Wednesday. If approved, the City Attorney will determine the details of the restrictions.
NBC 4
$50,000 reward offered for hit-and-run motorist who killed Skid Row pedestrian
Authorities Monday announced a $50,000 reward for help finding the hit-and-run motorist responsible for the death of a pedestrian who was fatally injured in Skid Row section of downtown Los Angeles. The 35-year-old man was injured about 3 a.m. Sunday at San Pedro and Seventh streets, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he died. His name was withheld, pending notification of his relatives.
MyNewsLA.com
Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Spike in LA County
Nearly a dozen anti-Muslim/Middle Easterner hate crimes were reported in Los Angeles County in November and December, compared with one such crime during the comparable period in 2014. The analysis was conducted by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations in the wake of the terror attacks that occurred in Paris in November and San Bernardino in December. "We expected there to be an uptick," said Robin Toma, the executive director of the Los Angeles County Commission of Human Relations. "We always hope and wish that we progress as a society [and] that people are less prone to acting out without thinking and not generalizing an entire group or religion based on the acts of a few, but we know that not everyone is there yet."
NBC 4
Deadly street racing fueled by social media, popular culture, police say
The fiery crash on Interstate 5 early Saturday that left three dead is the latest incident tied to street racing. The violent crash is one in a string of deadly street race accidents in recent years that prompted law enforcement crackdowns and talk of new state legislation to stiffen penalties for illegal car modifications. Although there are no statistics on street racing incidents, local police say they appear to be on the rise, with some racers using social media to coordinate matches and stay ahead of authorities.
Los Angeles Times
L.A. School Police Return Donated Military Weapons
Dozens of AR-15 rifles were supposed to be in the hands of Los Angeles School Police officers. But they are headed back to Washington, D.C. The rifles were given to the school district through a military-surplus program, which allows for unused military-grade weapons to be sent to local law enforcement groups across the country. News of the giveback had some parents surprised that LAUSD was even using military-grade weapons.
CBS 2
DA To Review Police Findings In Violent Anaheim KKK Rally
The Orange County District Attorney's Office Monday will review the findings of a police report on the violent anti-immigration rally that was held in Anaheim. The case will be presented to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas to determine whether criminal charges will be filed. According to the Anaheim Police Department, the wild melee erupted between Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protesters on Saturday during a demonstration at Pearson Park.
CBS 2
Mom Gets Dog Once Owned By Marine Son Killed In Afghanistan
Sgt. Joshua Ashley and his military police dog Sirius were best friends. “He goes, “Mom, … he went to sleep in the bed with me and keeps pushing me and pushing me and pushing me so he takes over the whole bed,' I had to make him get off the bed,” Tammie Ashley said of her son. The last time Ashley spoke to her son in Afghanistan, he had a request.” ‘I'm gonna have you take him until I get to where I'm going or when I get out,' ” Ashley said her son told her shortly before he was killed. Nearly four years later, Ashley made good on that promise to her son.
CBS 2
Can The FBI Force A Company To Break Into Its Own Products?
Can the FBI force a company like Apple to extract data from a customer's smartphone? In the fight over an iPhone used by an extremist killer in San Bernardino, some legal experts say Congress has never explicitly granted that power. And now a federal judge agrees in a similar case. In a New York drug case that echoes the much higher-profile San Bernardino dispute, U.S. Magistrate James Orenstein has ruled the government doesn't have authority to make Apple pull information off a suspect's iPhone. The judge said in his ruling that Congress has already considered, but rejected, extending the government's authority in this fashion.
Associated Press
DWP rate hike plan draws thousands of angry letters
Los Angeles City Hall and the Department of Water and Power have received more than 2,000 letters of protest over a water rate-hike proposal set for consideration by the City Council this week. The city clerk's web site shows the number of letters sent in opposition to the water rate increase, which will raise average customers' bills by 4.8 percent each year for a five-year period. High-use households will see rates rise by about 7.2 percent a year. Rate-hike supporters such as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti argue the increase will help pay for upgrades to the utility's aging infrastructure system, which has seen blowouts like the 2014 main break near UCLA. Even with the increase, DWP's water rates will remain some of the lowest in the region, Garcetti said in a statement last year.
Los Angeles Daily News
Dog park and other tenants fight to remain on VA land in West L.A.
Pet owners arrived at the Brentwood dog park one October morning to find that federal police had chained the gate shut. It turned out that the park is operated by the city of Los Angeles, but the land is federal — part of the Veterans Affairs Department's West Los Angeles medical campus. The next day, the chains came off, thanks to a Brentwood dog walker with a well-connected client, several park regulars said. But the incident called attention to sidelight effect of the VA's promise in January to overhaul the campus with a sweeping plan to build housing for homeless veterans.
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Garcetti, transit leaders envision an L.A. of self-driving cars and Hyperloop
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx did not mince words. The future of Los Angeles and the West “looks crowded,” he said, conjuring nightmarish images of gridlock in the minds of the hundreds of Angelenos. But over the course of more than three hours Monday, transit experts, business executives and policymakers such as Foxx also presented hopeful visions of an exciting and high-tech transportation future. Later in the 21st century, they said, people will sit in self-driving cars, freight will move at 750 mph though vacuum tubes, and the Los Angeles International Airport will finally connect to rail.
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