DARK SECRETS: 5 - The Real Truth

LAPD chief denies mother’s claim that officer who died in training had been beaten

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore on Tuesday denied an allegation made by the mother of a police officer that her son was beaten during a fatal training exercise last month.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2022

LAPD officer killed during training was beaten during mob simulation, mother claims

Officer ‘repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled’, notice of claim says

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

LAPD treatment of journalists denounced, again, after abortion rights protest downtown

LOS ANGELES — Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night when a police officer hit her on the side of the head.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 25, 2022

Doctor, 2 nurses stabbed at Encino Hospital Medical Center; suspect barricaded

LOS ANGELES — A doctor and two nurses at Encino Hospital Medical Center were stabbed Friday afternoon by a suspect who is believed to be barricaded in a room at the facility, according to authorities.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 4, 2022

Suspect in custody after doctor, 2 nurses stabbed at Encino Hospital Medical Center

LOS ANGELES — A person suspected of stabbing a doctor and two nurses at an Encino hospital before barricading themselves in a room for several hours was taken into custody Friday night, according to authorities.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 4, 2022

LAPD SWAT officer caught saying ‘happy hunting’ on bodycam before fatal police shooting

LOS ANGELES — As members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s SWAT team prepared to confront an armed suspect who had holed up in a downtown apartment building earlier this month, one of the highly trained officers offered a comment to the others.

Los Angeles Times · May 20, 2022

LAPD got hundreds of complaints about officers not wearing COVID masks, but punished few

LOS ANGELES — As the COVID-19 pandemic raged through Los Angeles in 2020 and 2021, infecting thousands of Los Angeles police officers, LAPD officials mandated that officers wear protective masks while at work and when interacting with the public.

Los Angeles Times · May 8, 2022

Killings in LA are on pace to top last year's high

LOS ANGELES — People are being killed in Los Angeles so far this year at a slightly faster pace than 2021, when homicides hit a 15-year high, according to the latest data from Los Angeles police.

Los Angeles Times · May 3, 2022

In string of LAPD shootings, officers fired bullets and ‘less lethal’ rounds at same time

LOS ANGELES — Margarito Lopez Jr. had been threatening suicide with a butcher knife to his neck for nearly 10 minutes when he suddenly stood and took a few steps toward the line of Los Angeles police officers in front of him.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 15, 2022

Villanueva threatens to quit Metro security if not given full control

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Wednesday threatened his department would quit patrolling Metro’s transit system unless the agency’s board gives the him full control over security on the sprawling network of trains and buses.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 14, 2022