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Los Angeles, California
Joined December 2014
Assembly Bill 2434, the Visitor Protections and Safety Act
Advocates for people with incarcerated family say prisons often cancel visits for what they deem is excessive contact with loved ones. “There are so many other experiences like that where just a simple hug or a peck is constituted as excessive contact.” boltsmag.org/california-pris…
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Quite a few of you have reached out about our LAPD staffing piece. For clarity, narrowing the list only makes the finding MORE clear, not less. Of the TWENTY largest cities in the US, LA has more sworn officers per capita than all but five:
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"Blunt" identity and "racial politics" in Philadelphia, per former Councilmember, which he correlates to the lack of interest in eliminating the Sheriff's office after an audit showing $20 million in undisbursed proceeds from sales, incl. tax & utility payments owed to the city
Very good reporting on the political incentives that prevent Philly City Council from abolishing an office that so many outside observers have advocated eliminating
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"The person who trained the officer testified that ICE does not consider pulling a gun on someone a 'use of force' & that ICE doesn't have any ban on pointing guns at motorists. However, he was so evasive on the stand that the judge considered disregarding his whole testimony."
Replying to @ReichlinMelnick
The person who trained the officer testified that ICE does not consider pulling a gun on someone a "use of force" and that ICE doesn't have any ban on pointing guns at motorists. However, he was so evasive on the stand that the judge considered disregarding his whole testimony.
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Replying to @ABC7
A billing error that was easily fixed and he got an extra credit on top of the refund. Most businesses handle this without running to the media every other week.
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