Recent Streetsblog LA posts about LASD

Who Watches the Watchers? Documenting a Public Records Oddyssey

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2012 | 1 Comment

Our response to this denial of public information from Metro: Back at the end of January, a special needs woman was struck in the face by a Deputy with the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department on board a Metro Bus. The end of the incident, after the Sheriffs approached the woman, was caught on a cell […]

Update on Case of Sheriff Punching Woman in Face on Metro Bus: Metro Refuses Public Records Request

By Damien Newton | Feb 9, 2012 | No Comments

12.02.06 Newton Response Letter (2) Earlier this week, the public records office of Metro refused a request by Los Angeles Streetsblog for a copy of the recording made by a Metro bus camera during the January 9th confrontation between a special needs woman and sheriff that led to the woman getting punched in the face. […]

Friday Poll Day: Guess the Sheriff’s Punnishment

By Damien Newton | Jan 13, 2012 | 11 Comments

[poll id=”78″] The day after video surfaced of an L.A. County Sheriff punching a woman in the face while his partner restrained her on a Metro Bus, the story had been told around the world. Strong arm of the law: Video shows shocking moment cop punches woman, screamed the headline of the Daily Mail in […]