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Officer Brian Ragan, who has been with the Inglewood Police Department about five years, was placed on administrative leave after the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Kevin Wicks early Monday, Capt. Eve Irvine said. Irvine said such leave is standard. Ragan is still under investigation for his role in the May 11 shooting of Michael Byoune, who died when Ragan and his patrol partner shot him as he was riding in a car. Ragan had been placed on leave after that shooting, which occurred when he and his partner responded to the sound of gunfire in the area. Irvine did not...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- An armed man was shot to death early Monday by an Inglewood police officer, authorities said. The shooting occurred at Hillcrest Boulevard near Regent Street at about 12:30 a.m., an Inglewood police officer said. Authorities withheld the name of the dead man, pending notification of relatives. Police said officers went to the apartment building in response to a report of a family dispute. "The door was opened by an individual," Inglewood police Lt. Mike McBride said. "He was armed with a handgun, and he immediately raised the handgun toward the officers, and at that point, the officers...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Inglewood police killed one man and wounded another when they opened fire on a vehicle, saying they believed the occupants had shot at them -- although it turned out that the men were unarmed and their car was never struck with bullets. Two officers were in the area of Crenshaw Boulevard and 85th Street at 1:40 a.m. Sunday when they said they heard gunshots coming from the parking lot of a Rally's Restaurant, said Inglewood police Sgt. Jeff Steinhoff. "As they looked over, their attention was drawn to a male running away eastbound from the parking lot,"...

Two men accused of plotting behind prison walls to launch attacks on military sites, synagogues and other targets in 2005 pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to wage war against the United States. Washington, Patterson and Samana — who attended the same Inglewood mosque — are accused of conducting surveillance of military sites, synagogues, the Israeli Consulate and El Al airline facilities in the region, as well as doing Internet research on Jewish holidays, prosecutors said in 2005.

A hospital that has faced a series of financial setbacks is considering closing its emergency room, potentially forcing thousands of additional patients onto another emergency unit about 1 1/2 miles away. Centinela Freeman HealthSystem said it will decide within 30 days whether to shut the emergency room at its Memorial campus, leaving only its Centinela unit operating in the working-class city. It would be the ninth emergency room to close in Los Angeles County in recent years and the prospect could be "devastating," said Carol Meyer, director of the county's emergency medical services agency. "This is going to be the...

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A former school board president was sentenced Thursday to five years in state prison for welfare fraud, violating campaign finance laws and lying about her academic background. Cresia Green-Davis also was ordered to make about $200,000 in restitution and, unless her conviction is overturned she is barred from holding elected office in California. She could have been sentenced to as much as 16 years in prison. Green-Davis, 52, told Superior Court Judge Bob S. Bowers Jr. that she made bad choices out of a desire to help her family. "I thought I did what I had...

A former Inglewood, Calif., police officer who was fired for punching a black teenager and slamming him against a patrol car in an incident that was captured on videotape was awarded $1.6 million Tuesday by the jury in a discrimination lawsuit he and his partner brought against the city. The jury voted 11-1 in favor of the verdict for Jeremy Morse, said defense attorney Gregory Smith. He said the jury was unanimous in awarding $810,000 to Morse's partner, Bijan Darvish, who had been disciplined in connection with the 2002 incident. "This is not the first time police officers have been...

A powerful Pacific storm is drenching parts of the Southwest.In Arizona, flooding has forced hundreds of people to evacuate homes in low-lying areas of Sedona, where scenic Oak Creek rose 11 feet during the night. Authorities say the rain is causing some rock slides, making conditions unsafe for emergency crews.Recreational vehicles were seen floating in the water southwest of Sedona. The creek hit 14 feet by mid-morning Wednesday and was expected to rise another few feet. Forecasters warned that storm runoff could lead to flash flooding elsewhere, which could prompt more evacuations.About 300 people in Sedona were evacuated. AP Image...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Voters in a southern California city went to the polls in a bitter referendum to decide if retail behemoth Wal-Mart will be allowed to override planning laws to open a giant new super-store. Residents of the Los Angeles area city of Inglewood are sharply divided over the plan by the world's biggest retailer to build a new commercial centre in town that will be equivalent to the size of 17 football fields. Wal-Mart, frequently the focus of rows over its intensely low-cost discount stores that are accused of destroying local business and exploiting workers, has employed...

Morse and Darvish also have a lawsuit pending against the city of Inglewood. The suit claims they are victims of racial discrimination and were treated more harshly than a black officer at the scene who was suspended for four days.

July 17, 2003, 9:55 a.m.Get ReadyAcquittals loom in the Inglewood cop trial. Will trouble follow? LOS ANGELES — Do you hear that? If you listen closely, you can hear the faint, far-off sounds of the No Justice, No Peace Hallelujah Chorus practicing their scales and limbering up the old vocal chords. That's right, soprano Maxine Waters, baritone Al Sharpton, bass Jesse Jackson, and all their assembled multitudes may soon be, as is their wont, raising a ruckus. Though the story has been largely eclipsed by other events in the national media, the two Inglewood, Calif. police officers indicted in...

<p>ATLANTA (AP) --  A Georgia congresswoman began airing radio ads this week that criticize her opponent's record as a judge, comparing her to an "angry, out-of-control cop" in California.</p> <p>Rep. Cynthia McKinney's radio spots, which began airing Wednesday, refer to a 1998 case in which Denise Majette, a former DeKalb County judge, sentenced a woman to two days in jail and a $1,000 fine for speeding. A higher court later vacated the sentence.</p>

WE'VE all heard the hypotheticals. They are common in the aftermath of any racially charged incident, and the Inglewood police beating of 16-year-old Donovan Jackson is no exception. It's an old guessing game: How would the public's reaction, the media's coverage, the politicians' response differ if the racial tables were turned? Would Johnnie Cochran and Al Sharpton rush to the aid of Jackson, an African-American teen beaten by a white officer, Jeremy Morse, if Jackson were white and Morse were black? Would the story command national attention? And would the awful episode have ever happened at all -- that is,...

"Al Sharpton; Maxine Waters; Jesse Jackson and others are to blame for the videotaped beating of Donavan Jackson, the black sixteen-year old, who was roughed up by a white Inglewood Police Officer as the youth resisted arrest and fought with police. These problem profiteers can gather a group of angry blacks in less than an hour to hate the white man and incite a riot, but not to stand up for the reported thirteen million black babies that have been killed in the black woman's womb. You won't hear black leaders shouting about black-on-black crime being out of control, that...

“Out Raged!!” Those words appeared on a sign at a march of black protesters this past week over the recent incident in Inglewood, California. When I saw this sign on the front page of the Los Angeles Times I couldn’t help but think that the photograph said it all: hundreds of blacks, “on call” for a riot, so angry and with so little sense that no one was able to correctly spell the word “outraged.” By now we all know about last week’s incident in Inglewood, thanks to the inflammatory response of black leaders to the videotape that documented this...

2nd Calif. officer removed from duty INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - The partner of a white policeman who was videotaped punching a handcuffed black teenager has been removed from active duty after acknowledging that he too struck the youth. Officer Bijan Darvish will remain on paid administrative leave while the July 6 incident is investigated; Officer Jeremy Morse was suspended earlier. Darvish does not appear on the video, which was shot by a bystander across the street. But in a police report, he acknowledged punching Donovan Jackson twice in the face after the 16-year-old allegedly grabbed his shirt. The confrontation occurred...

“Al Sharpton; Maxine Waters; Jesse Jackson and others are to blame for the videotaped beating of Donavan Jackson, the black sixteen-year old, who was roughed up by a white Inglewood Police Officer as the youth resisted arrest and fought with police. These problem profiteers can gather a group of angry blacks in less than an hour to hate the white man and incite a riot, but not to stand up for the reported thirteen million black babies that have been killed in the black woman’s womb. You won’t hear black leaders shouting about black-on-black crime being out of control, that...

CNN has just announced that Inglewood police officer Jeremey Morse has been indicted by a Los Angeles Grand Jury for his actions in the video-taped "beating" of Donovan Jackson.The charge is 1 count of "assualt under the color of authority".Breaking now.......

CROOKS: TROUBLED, HOMELESS NADER FAN The LA Times pieces together details of videotaper Mitchell Crooks’ wayward life today. Among the tidbits: Crooks moved to LA three years ago to make his fortune as a rave deejay, but ended up occasionally homeless and desperate. He was winding up a two-month road trip with 42-year-old pal Dan Hanna, and the two had spent the last few weeks flopping at various cheap hotels in the Southland. After taping the Donovan Jackson head-slam, Crooks sold copies of the video to TV stations for $150 a pop. He’s also a political nut: The Times describes...

<p>INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) --  A police officer who was videotaped as he slammed a black teenager onto a squad car, then punched him, was justified and actually used restraint, his attorney said Friday.</p> <p>Several dozen placard-carrying demonstrators showed up at Inglewood City Hall Friday to protest the arrest. They chanted "No peace, no justice." One protester carried a pink sign reading "To Protect & Serve, NOT Lie & Cover-Up."</p>

WHAT IS THIS, SAUDI ARABIA?CNN just reported that amateur video cameraman Mitchell Crooks -- seized by cops outside CNN's Hollywood offices on Thursday -- called a friend and a lawyer after his jailing, claiming he had been beaten by jailers. And the District Attorney's office now says Crooks was hospitalized at USC Medical Center after being beaten by police ... er, after "complaining of injuries." Yes, Crooks is said to be wanted in Placer County on various warrants. And of course the usual place to catch some alleged petty criminal is at the CNN building on Sunset Boulevard. Somebody needs...

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The man who videotaped a police beating near Los Angeles that enraged black leaders and then dodged a grand jury inquiry into the matter was arrested on Thursday as he prepared to grant a television interview. Photos Reuters Photo Slideshows Audio/Video (AP) Mitchell Crooks was taken into custody on warrants issued in northern California for petty theft and drunken driving. Authorities also served him with a subpoena to testify before the Los Angeles County grand jury. Crooks' arrest was videotaped and broadcast on local KCAL-TV, showing undercover officers hustling him into a sports...

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The bystander who videotaped a violent arrest by Inglewood police but had avoided a grand jury subpoena was arrested Thursday on oustanding warrants from Placer County.</p> <p>Mitch Crooks, 27, was picked up outside CNN offices, district attorney's spokesman Sandi Gibbons said.</p>

I saw a few threads here yesterday about the Inglewood cop thing. I expected to see comment posts all about revulsion at the PC media's latest propaganda. I expected to see criticism of the Uncivil rights leaders (racebaiting demogogues) that will use this to spread hatred of white people everywhere and justify criminal behavior (and of course take from our wallets). But I didn't. Instead I saw a very few brave conservatives standing up for law and order being relentlessly bashed by a much larger bunch of, well, I don't know what. As to the matter discussed: The criminal idiot...