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Bad Candidates Threaten Criminal Justice Reform in California

In Los Angeles and San Francisco, voters face candidates who promised criminal justice reforms but whose records have been disappointing.

Reason

LA Democrats failed to mount united campaign against Sheriff Villanueva despite anger

LOS ANGELES — To pull off his improbable win in 2018, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva convinced liberal Democratic voters he was one of their own.

Los Angeles Times

Will Los Angeles re-elect its scandal-plagued sheriff?

Elected on promises of reform, Alex Villanueva is now derided as the ‘Trump of LA’ while fueling controversy after controversy

The Guardian - US

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From more cops to defund: Candidates for LA mayor differ on crime and policing

LOS ANGELES — One candidate wants to make the Los Angeles Police Department larger than it has ever been. Another envisions a future where America's second largest city no longer needs police. The others have staked out middle ground.

Los Angeles Times

As hearing on ‘deputy gangs’ opens, testimony adds to years of allegations

LOS ANGELES — When Sgt. Jefferson Chow started investigating a fight between deputies assigned to the East L.A. sheriff’s station, he was instructed by a supervisor to question witnesses about groups of deputies that behaved something like street gangs.

Los Angeles Times

LA County sheriff candidates ride ‘anyone but Villanueva’ wave, but lack name recognition

LOS ANGELES — In some ways, the race for Los Angeles County sheriff is shaping up as a test of how many controversies voters will tolerate from incumbent Alex Villanueva.

Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors decline to file charges against 2018 Villanueva donors

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors have declined to file charges against donors to Sheriff Alex Villanueva's 2018 campaign, saying there was insufficient evidence to prove that contributions were illegally orchestrated.

Los Angeles Times

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Steve Lopez: He fooled voters once. Can LA County Sheriff Villanueva do it again?

Four years ago, Los Angeles County's progressive voters got mugged.

Los Angeles Times

3rd top official disputes LA County Sheriff Villanueva’s account in cover-up

LOS ANGELES — A third high-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff’s official has filed a legal claim contradicting Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s account of how he handled an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

Los Angeles Times

She's been branded a traitor. A new exhibition says Mexican icon Malinche was anything but

DENVER — Though he may be renowned for lobbing vulgar insults, the barb that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed at Supervisor Hilda Solis in July 2020 left even longtime observers stunned. Solís had made comments critical of systemic racism by police toward people of color. "Are you trying,"…

Los Angeles Times

Legal claim: LA sheriff delayed excessive force probe

One of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s closest advisers says she was told to choose between retirement or demotion after raising questions about his handling of the investigation into a deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s head for several minutes

The Independent UK

First eyewitness account of LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva lying in a cover-up revealed in filing

LOS ANGELES — A former top-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff's official filed a legal claim Thursday that offered the first eyewitness account of Sheriff Alex Villanueva allegedly lying about his involvement in a cover-up and also made allegations about retaliation and other improprieties in the Sheriff's Department.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Villanueva’s attempt to intimidate a Times reporter is a gaslighting assault on the press

Sheriff Alex Villanueva outdid even himself at a Tuesday news conference when he said he had launched a criminal investigation targeting Los Angeles Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian, who has steadfastly reported on the sheriff’s volatile and erratic leadership of the L.A. County law enforcement agency. After being roundly criticized by…

Los Angeles Times

LA Times accuses sheriff of ‘outrageous’ effort to ‘criminalise reporting’ after he targeted journalist over his alleged cover-up

‘His attempt to criminalize news reporting goes against well-established constitutional law’

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The Independent UK

Sheriff accused of cover-up over walks back possible investigation of journalist who broke the story

Sheriff claims ‘at no time’ did he say journalist was under investigation

Salon

Police go after LA journalist for exposé

Reporter Alene Techekmedyian is under investigation for reporting on a deputy that knelt on an inmate's neck

The Independent UK

LA sheriff investigates how reporter obtained leaked video

The Los Angeles County sheriff disputed allegations he orchestrated the cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for more than three minutes

Los Angeles Times

In brazen attack on press, Sheriff Alex Villanueva investigates LA Times reporter who revealed cover-up

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday his department is targeting an L.A. Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on the department's cover-up of an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

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Los Angeles Times

Claim alleges LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed cover-up of deputy kneeling on inmate

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff's commander who was critical of efforts to cover up an incident in which a deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate's head has filed legal papers accusing Sheriff Alex Villanueva of obstructing justice and retaliating against those who blew the whistle.

Los Angeles Times

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to testify on gang-like deputy groups

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is scheduled to testify, under oath, Friday about gang-like groups of deputies that operate in the Sheriff's Department, after the U.S. 2nd District Court of Appeal denied his latest challenge to a more than year-old watchdog subpoena.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Sheriffs shouldn’t be coroners too. Split the job

A coroner is a government official who investigates the cause and manner of a death, including cases that involve violence or controversy. A sheriff is a chief law enforcement officer in charge of preventing crime, making arrests and jailing accused or convicted people.

Los Angeles Times

Villanueva threatens to quit Metro security if not given full control

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Wednesday threatened his department would quit patrolling Metro’s transit system unless the agency’s board gives the him full control over security on the sprawling network of trains and buses.

The Guardian - US

LA jail guards routinely punch incarcerated people in the head, monitors find

Los Angeles sheriff’s department accused of hours-long group strip-search as court report adds to string of scandals

Los Angeles Times

Sheriff Villanueva launches criminal investigation into leak of use-of-force video

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he is launching a criminal investigation to find out who leaked security video of an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for more than three minutes.

Los Angeles Times

After Times report, Sheriff Villanueva denies role in cover-up, replaces top aide

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva accused high-ranking members of his department Tuesday of attempting to cover up an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for more than three minutes.

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