profiling Archives — Streetsblog USA

New L.A. Ordinance Cracking Down on Bicycle “Chop Shops” Ghost of Defunct Mayoral Campaign

In a brief and anticlimactic session yesterday, City Council tentatively* approved a controversial ordinance cracking down on so-called “bicycle chop shops,” which advocates say targets unhoused people.

Sahra Sulaiman

June 15, 2022

New L.A. Ordinance Cracking Down on Bicycle “Chop Shops” Ghost of Defunct Mayoral Campaign

Streetsblog NYC |Equity

REPORT: States Must Reduce Police and Traffic Enforcement Bias

"[The report] helps us ... address a lot of problems with law enforcement in this country,” said Russ Martin, the spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, which undertook its review after the killing of George Floyd.

Fiifi Frimpong

August 9, 2021

Streetsblog Los Angeles |Legacy of Redlining

Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?

Eighty-three seconds. That’s how much time passed between the moment deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) first stood at the door of the Cudahy home of Isaias Cervantes, a 25-year-old autistic man who is hard of hearing and suffering from depression and anxiety, and the firing of the shot that may have […]

Sahra Sulaiman

May 8, 2021

Streetsblog Los Angeles |Legacy of Redlining

Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”

"I don't have another life to give. I don't have any more breaths to take. I don't have any more hashtags. I don't have any more energy to be marching with my fist up in the air [only] to come back to the same thing," declared Khadijah Shabazz. "Right now, it needs to be all broken down, torn down, and started all over again."

Sahra Sulaiman

April 13, 2021

Streetsblog Los Angeles |gangs

Gun Visible Sliding Along Ground Before 2nd Deputy Opens Fire on Dijon Kizzee, Contradicting New Sheriff Account

The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place

Sahra Sulaiman

September 18, 2020

Streetsblog California |Bicycling

Reducing the Role of Police in Traffic Enforcement Could Increase Safety for Everyone

What the "Defund the Police" movement means for bicycling

Melanie Curry

August 6, 2020

Streetsblog Los Angeles |Legacy of Redlining

How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals

Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police

Sahra Sulaiman

June 26, 2020

profiling

Basics

New L.A. Ordinance Cracking Down on Bicycle “Chop Shops” Ghost of Defunct Mayoral Campaign

REPORT: States Must Reduce Police and Traffic Enforcement Bias

Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?

Families of Those Killed by LASD Describe Ongoing Harassment by Deputies as Part of a “Triple Assault”

Gun Visible Sliding Along Ground Before 2nd Deputy Opens Fire on Dijon Kizzee, Contradicting New Sheriff Account

Reducing the Role of Police in Traffic Enforcement Could Increase Safety for Everyone

How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals