LAPD, LA Sheriff's maintain 'heightened awareness' in wake of Nice attack
In light of a deadly attack in Nice, France Thursday, the Los Angeles County sheriff's and police departments announced that there were no specific or credible threats received by law enforcement for the greater Los Angeles area. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, "there are no known credible threats to the city of Los Angeles," but residents and visitors should "be vigilant; always aware of your surroundings."
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Using a vehicle as a terror weapon is not unheard of, experts say
Using a truck or automobile to plow into crowds at large public gatherings is not a new technique for terrorists and it's not new to Southern California, experts said Thursday. No such large-scale attacks have occurred in the Southland, but there have been incidents in which motorists drove into crowds. The most deadly was a 2003 incident at Santa Monica's Farmers Market in which 10 people were killed and 63 injured in what was considered an accident.
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NBA Stars Put on Dunk Contest For Peace in Venice Beach
After a week of violence and bloodshed that rattled the foundation of our country to its very core, the dichotomy between good and evil was exemplified after two shooting deaths at the hands of police led to the murder of five Dallas police offers during a peaceful protest. Players, children, and members of the Los Angeles Police Department stood together at the center of the court and joined in the moment of silence for lost brothers, husbands and fathers and prayed for peace before the games began.
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Former Cop Who Killed Robbery Suspect 16 Years Ago Reflects On Recent Shootings
Deadly police shootings and the dangers officers face have been top of mind recently. One person who knows the first-hand stress is a former local officer who shot and killed a suspect. Sixteen years ago, a brazen daytime robbery in Glendale triggered a manhunt for armed suspects and a subsequent officer-involved shooting that left a 22-year-old suspect dead. Mihm, now retired from law enforcement, was the officer who pulled the trigger when the suspect gunned his SUV toward him in a Boyle Heights alleyway. "I watched that man die. I held him. I tried to help him. I tried to give him CPR, holding him up, telling him to breathe, and then he passed. That's embedded in my brain. That's not going away," Mihm said.
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6 arrested in South LA on federal drug and gun charges
Six people were arrested Thursday in South Los Angeles on federal charges of illegal gun sales and drug distribution while authorities search for three others. During the course of the investigation, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives took more than 100 illegally trafficked firearms off the streets in and around Compton and Mona Park in Willowbrook, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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‘I Was Begging Him Not to Kill Me,' Homeowner Says of North Hills Home-Invasion Robbery
A North Hills homeowner was badly injured in a violent home-invasion robbery that occurred partially in front of his two young daughters early Thursday. Four males wearing hoodies apparently entered the home and one of the males pistol-whipped the homeowner, Colon said.The group divided when they got inside, according to the male homeowner's wife. Two targeted the husband, and the other two went into a bedroom where the wife was sleeping with their daughters, ages 7 and 8.
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L.A. Police Commission president calls for revisiting LAPD policy on body-camera videos
The president of the civilian body that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department said Thursday that he wants to reconsider the department's policy against publicly releasing police videos, such as those created by body cameras worn by LAPD officers. Chief Charlie Beck said he would be open to releasing certain footage “at the proper time in the proper framework.” There are still privacy concerns, he said. And he doesn't want the public release of video to interfere with criminal or administrative investigations. “I don't want to ever impair that because of a rush to release,” he said. “But I'm not opposed to coming up with a way where we can satisfy more concerns here.”
Los Angeles Times
LAX cops demand armed officers at security A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to require an armed law enforcement officer be stationed within 300 feet of airport security checkpoints received Thursday the endorsement of the president of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association . “We have seen firsthand here at LAX the deadly repercussions of not having a police officer within 300 feet of the screening checkpoint, said Marshall McClain, president of the LAAPOA.
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UCLA Campus On Edge After Several Reports Of Peeping Toms Haunt Students
Several UCLA students are pretty shaken over reports of a Peeping Tom around the campus. Campus police say there have been four reported incidents in the past month. At least one of those incidents occurred at an apartment building on Roebling Avenue, where the building is filled with UCLA students. “It just makes me feel scared, very uncomfortable” UCLA student Ashley Evangelista said.
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Man, 24, Arrested on Suspicion of Defacing Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Venice
A man was arrested Wednesday after his moniker was found spray-painted on the face of a Vietnam War mural in Venice days before Memorial Day. Detectives had identified Angel Castro, 24, earlier this month as one of four vandals who defaced the wall bearing the names of 2,273 soldiers declared missing in action or prisoners of war in Vietnam, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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Pistol Prizes for CrossFit Games Spark Outrage
It's a fitness craze that prides itself on creating a positive community among its members — but some are now divided over a decision to award Glock pistols as prizes for this year's CrossFit Games in Southern California. More than $2 million in prize money will be given away to the winners, with the top male and female athletes receiving $250,000 each. Every member of the winning team will also receive a pistol, according to a post on the Games' official Facebook page citing director Dave Castro.
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Pokémon Go Mania Leads To Dangerous Consequences
Playing the wildly popular “Pokémon Go” game has led to a series of dangerous consequences. In Anaheim on Wednesday, five or six men stabbed a gamer at Schweitzer Park on Bel Air Street around 12:30 a.m. as the victim hunted for Pokemon, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Luis Correa. The attackers are still on the loose. “It shouldn't be so much that you're too into it that you lose focus of where you are or what you're being led to,” the sergeant said. He said the victim suffered non-life-threatening stab wounds, and there was no indication the player was lured to the park.
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Trump supporters sue San Jose for after-rally attacks
Fourteen California Donald Trump supporters filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday, saying that San Jose's police failed to protect them from violent protesters after a campaign rally last month. The lawsuit is seeking class-action status on behalf of all Trump supporters who were attacked after the June 2 campaign rally in downtown San Jose. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Associated Press
You can't bring a water gun to protest the RNC, but you can bring an AK-47
If a single sentence could capture the madness about to hit Cleveland, it's this: You can't bring a water gun to demonstrate outside the Republican National Convention, but you can bring an AK-47. Despite the city's temporary bans on items as innocuous as tennis balls and bicycle locks in downtown Cleveland, Ohio state law will allow demonstrators with radically different viewpoints to legally open-carry handguns and rifles as they encounter each other outside the convention. And it'll be up to a multi-agency police force of thousands of officers, and demonstrators themselves, to keep things from getting violent.
Los Angeles Times
Study finds 80% of drivers have experienced road rage in past year
Nearly 80 percent of American drivers have experienced significant anger, aggression or road rage at least once over the past year, according to a study released Thursday by the Auto Club, which estimated that about eight million motorists intentionally rammed another vehicle or got out of a vehicle to confront another driver. The report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that male drivers between 19 and 39 years old were "significantly'' more likely to engage in aggressive behavior, while drivers in the northeastern United States were more likely to yell, honk or gesture angrily than motorists in other parts of the country.
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