Another set of locks has been broken on a foreclosed home, this time for South Los Angeles resident Cathelene Hughes. On Sunday, April 21, members of the Los Angeles Anti-Eviction Campaign broke the locks on Hughes’ home located on the 9800 block on South Wall Street. “This feels great,” said Hughes, 72, who had...
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Nearly every day Los Angles police file reports on someone for their simply being suspicious. Suspicious of what, however, is unclear. It is part of the Los Angeles Police Department’s suspicious activity reporting program, which is touted as a first line of defense against possible terrorist attacks. Though law enforcement praises the reporting system,...
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Cherise Rogers is happier these days – much happier. After five years of fighting questionable misdemeanor charges, which involved over 70 costly court appearances and ruined her career aspirations, her case is finally over, but with a pleasant twist. Her case has been expunged, allowing Rogers to freely move on with her life. “I...
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A month after the ArtWalk uprising, Occupy Los Angeles pulled off another act of civil disobedience on the night of Thursday, Aug. 9, to protest the arrests of several occupiers and non-occupiers for chalking sidewalks. This time around it was peaceful. Approximately 200 occupiers, along with a few from Occupy Oakland, gathered in Pershing...
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A protest over activists being arrested for chalking messages on sidewalks erupted into a near-riot on Thursday, July 12 in downtown Los Angeles. Members of Occupy Los Angeles held a planned act of civil disobedience over what they argue is their constitutionally-protected right to chalk politically sensitive messages on the sidewalk. The event was...
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Carlos Montes was not expecting visitors at five a.m. After a confusing shuffle of flashlights, badges and broken doors, he ended up in the back seat of a police car in his pajamas, and with no idea of what was going on. They mentioned something about gun possession but it wasn’t clear. It was...
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Roughly 100 demonstrators marched through downtown Los Angeles yesterday to show their support for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, an alleged government whistle-blower now on trial. Manning is accused of turning over hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, ranging from diplomatic cables, military ground reports and the 2007 video of an Apache helicopter...
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The district attorney’s office agreed yesterday to return property belonging to Chicano activist Carlos Montes, which was seized during a sheriff’s department and FBI raid on May 17. Montes was arrested for allegedly forging a firearm application. Prosecutors say Montes failed to disclose a 42 year-old felony conviction of his while purchasing a shotgun...
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Those with homes, as well as a few without, slept outside last night to raise awareness of, what critics say is, a growing movement to criminalize the homeless in Venice. Advocates say the city is attempting to remove a destitute population from the beachside community through various parking ordinances, such as disallowing overnight parking,...
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April 6, 2007 is a day Cherise Rogers will never forget. It was the beginning of an average Friday, or so she thought. Twenty-five-years-old and not long out of college, she was working as a clerk typist for the Los Angeles Police Department. She just finished her shift, which ended at one in the...
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