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Lovely. In fairness, one guy does not an entire movement make. The restraining order that requires Gerard to stay at least 100 yards away from Commissioner Johnson is about Gerard’s personal behavior, and not about any official actions or positions taken by BLM. If you want to argue that Gerard’s attitude is not typical of BLM’s overall attitude toward the police, give it your best. But if BLM really wants to make the case this is not what it’s all about, they would probably help themselves a lot if they would publicly condemn this sort of nonsense:

The Los Angeles Police Commission wants LAPD police officers to run away when a suspect confronts them with a weapon, warns the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the labor union of the city’s police officers. The organization posted a blog post critical of the commission’s recent decision to find that fault lay upon an LAPD officer who used deadly force when a female suspect, Norma Guzman, came at him and his partner swinging a large knife. “The key facts in this case are not in dispute. A female suspect, armed with an 8 to 9-inch knife, charged at officers, repeatedly...

LOS ANGELES - Five police officers did not use excessive force against undercover immigration agents during a traffic stop five years ago, a federal jury ruled Friday. The panel deliberated one day before finding against the agents in a lawsuit.Shawn Butler said he was stopped in January 2000 while on a stakeout. He was investigating a counterfeit identification ring and was driving a car with unregistered license plates.Butler, who sued the Los Angeles Police Department, contended he was pulled over and handcuffed because he was black.Ezequiel Garcia arrived after Butler radioed that he had been pulled over.Garcia alleged he was...

LOS ANGELES - The city will pay about $70 million to settle lawsuits that alleged misconduct or brutality by corrupt police officers in an anti-gang unit, a newspaper reported Thursday. Since the allegations surfaced more than five years ago, 214 lawsuits have been filed by mostly drug dealers, gang members and other criminals who said they had been framed, shot and beaten by officers in the Rampart division's anti-gang unit, according to the Los Angeles Times. Twenty-seven claims were dismissed and eight are pending settlements, which are part of the $70 million total payout, said Jennifer Roth Krieger, chief financial...

Did anyone see the show yesterday afternoon? I found it fascinating on several counts.

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police here will soon be able to carry a lighter and slicker weapon -the Glock pistol. The Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday approved the new weapons, which are already used in some specialized divisions.</p> <p>"Quite frankly, it's just a much better weapon," than the standard-issue Beretta 9 mm, said Chief William Bratton during a hearing before the five-member civilian panel that oversees department policy.</p>

<p>The Associated Press Monday, July 8, 2002; 10:21 AM LOS ANGELES ?? An amateur video shows Inglewood police officers punching a teenager and slamming his head against the hood of a patrol car, and the department said it will investigate.</p> <p>The probe was announced Sunday after the tape, taken a day earlier from a nearby motel, was turned over to police and local media.</p>