#LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after #gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine

Source: https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/lapd-cannabis-mri-raid-19789448.php

At one point, an officer walked into an MRI room, past a sign warning that metal was prohibited inside, with his rifle “dangling… in his right hand, with an unsecured strap,” the #lawsuit said. The MRI machine’s magnetic force then allegedly sucked his #rifle across the room, pinning it against the machine. MRI machines are tube-shaped scanners that use incredibly strong magnetic fields to create images of the brain, bones, joints and other internal organs.

#police #raid #usa #la #fail #news

#LAPD Releases Recording Two Cops’ Decision To Pursue #Pokémon Rather Than #Robbery Suspects

Source: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/23/lapd-releases-recording-two-cops-decision-to-pursue-pokemon-rather-than-robbery-suspects/

When LAPD officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell decided they were better off trying to round up a Togetic with the Pokémon Go app rather than respond to a robbery call, they were (quite correctly) fired for failing to do the #job they were being paid to do.

#police #news #problem #crime #usa #fail #game #justice

LAPD Releases Recording Two Cops’ Decision To Pursue Pokémon Rather Than Robbery Suspects

In the annals of law enforcement’s neglect — if not actual disdain — for its alleged desire to “serve and protect,” this is surely on of the weirdest and most specific…

#LAPD assistant chief put on leave for alleged #stalking

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-19/lapd-assistant-chief-put-on-leave-for-alleged-stalking-officials-say

Labrada, one of three assistant chiefs who report to Moore, was the subject of an Ontario #police report that alleged he used an Apple #AirTag to track the movements of an LAPD police officer he was romantically involved with, according to law enforcement sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing #investigation.

#news #la #California #usa #1312 #surveillance #tracking #stalk #crime #technology #problem

LAPD assistant chief put on leave for alleged stalking

An LAPD assistant chief is placed on leave after being accused of stalking by an officer he was romantically involved with, Police Chief Michel Moore said.

#LAPD

Accidentally killed ... ?!?

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1577054818442498048/pu/vid/640x360/E9CJ2NsSzy1A6MG-.mp4
1:19 min video sound

https://twitter.com/ACatWithNews/status/1577055949826555905
#LAPD #police #cops #kill cops

Body found on fire, hanging from tree in Los Angeles' Griffith Park

Video -> https://www.nbcnews.com/video/body-found-on-fire-hanging-from-tree-in-los-angeles-griffith-park-145839173525
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/08/09/lapd-body-found-on-fire-hanging-in-tree-in-griffith-park-likely-a-suicide/
#LAPD determines: no-foul-play

Thirty-Two years ago today, June 15, 1990, strikers with SEIU’s Justice for Janitors were attacked and beaten by #LAPD.

Ana Veliz was clubbed three times in the back and miscarried four days later. Twenty-one strikers were hospitalized and forty-two arrested, including Veliz.

● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Emails Show The #LAPD Cut Ties With The Citizen App After Its Started A Vigilante Manhunt Targeting An Innocent Person https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220129/19233148382/emails-show-lapd-cut-ties-with-citizen-app-after-started-vigilante-manhunt-targeting-innocent-person.shtml

Emails Show The LAPD Cut Ties With The Citizen App After Its Started A Vigilante Manhunt Targeting An Innocent Person

It didn't take long for Citizen -- the app that once wanted to be a cop -- to wear out its law enforcement welcome. The crime reporting app has made several missteps since its inception, beginning with its original branding as...

● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Police ☞ #LAPD Releases Footage From Police Killing of Valentina Orellana-Peralta https://truthout.org/articles/lapd-releases-footage-from-police-killing-of-valentina-orellana-peralta/

LAPD Releases Footage From Police Killing of Valentina Orellana-Peralta

"Her death was preventable!" said attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the family of the 14-year-old.

● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #LAPD ☞ The LAPD Murder of a 14-Year-Old Girl https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/28/the-lapd-murder-of-a-14-year-old-girl/

The LAPD Murder of a 14-Year-Old Girl

The shooting death by Los Angeles Police of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who died in a changing room of a Burlington Outlet store while with

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #LAPD Releases Footage From #Police Killing of 14-Year-Old Girl https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/28/lapd-releases-footage-police-killing-14-year-old-girl

LAPD Releases Footage From Police Killing of 14-Year-Old Girl

"Her death was preventable!" said civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the family of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta.

● NEWS ● #Techdirt #police ☞ #LAPD Sees Your Reform Efforts, Raises You $20 Million In Bullets, Snacks, And Surveillance https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211003/20112947691/lapd-sees-your-reform-efforts-raises-you-20-million-bullets-snacks-surveillance.shtml

LAPD Sees Your Reform Efforts, Raises You $20 Million In Bullets, Snacks, And Surveillance

The Los Angeles Police Department is reform-resistant. This isn't the same as reform-proof, but more separates "resistant" from "proof" in this case than the misleading labels promising varying degrees of water resistance...

● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ The #LAPD Is Asking City Residents To Hand Over #SocialControlMedia Account Info To Feed To Its Unsupervised Monitoring Software https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210912/16090047549/lapd-is-asking-city-residents-to-hand-over-social-media-account-info-to-feed-to-unsupervised-monitoring-software.shtml

The LAPD Is Asking City Residents To Hand Over Social Media Account Info To Feed To Its Unsupervised Monitoring Software

Documents obtained via public records requests by the Brennan Center reveal the Los Angeles Police Department has made social media part of its everyday business. The LAPD is wholly embracing the 21st century. This doesn't mean its public...

#socialcontrolmedia as only a liability https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/09/lapd_social_media_monitoring/ #lapd #police

Starting to worry about California!

A few reasons: COVID, the recall and impending #Trumpvirus political disaster, and now this.The Texibanification of LA??

LAPD told cops to scrape social media of every person they stop -- even if they're not ticketed or arrested

I raised a few questions about the news org's choice of the word "scraping" in relation to data - I guess in everyday use they're suggesting "investigating", but how? Where? Looking for what? Recording it how? With what Constitutional grounding?

Interesting article, posted on Twitter, with some comments, questions etc. in reaction to the post.
I'm pretty sure many "here" (beyond immediate circles/aspects) will have reactions, on various levels, from varied perspectives.

#LosAngeles #surveillance #LAPD #socialmedia #privacy #rights #scraping #identity

Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop | Los Angeles | The Guardian

An internal police chief memo shows employees were directed to use ‘field interview cards’ which would then be reviewed

I hope everyone involved in civil liberties is questioning and challenging this.

#US #USA #politics #law #LawEnforcement #LAPD #SocialMedia #privacy #security #CivilLiberties

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/08/revealed-los-angeles-police-officers-gathering-social-media