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Video Shows Feds Shooting ICE Protester With Nonlethal Round at Point-Blank Range, Blinding Him in One Eye

The incident raises more questions about federal agents' use-of-force policies and training.

Reason · Jan 16

Federal Agents Arrest Man in Los Angeles, Take 1-Year-Old Daughter With Them in Vehicle

Officials said the man was arrested on suspicion of assault and that a pistol was later found in his car had been reported stolen in New York. They did not respond to questions about why agents drove away in the man's vehicle with the child inside.

Latin Times · Nov 11, 2025

Nation's largest fleet of police Cybertrucks to patrol Las Vegas

The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

Recording: Wife told police mentally ill husband had gun

Police in Culver City, California, on Thursday released body camera footage showing events before officers shot an unarmed man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the back last year in the Los Angeles suburb

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Widow’s suit: Mentally ill husband unarmed, shot by police

The widow of a California man fatally shot by police in a Los Angeles suburb last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming he was suffering from a mental health crisis and unarmed when he was shot in the back

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

‘Far worse than Rodney King’: Videos of Tyre Nichols police beating show ‘sadistic’ rage, experts say

The brutality shown in videos released Friday of Memphis, Tennessee, police officers beating Tyre Nichols was roundly condemned by law enforcement use-of-force experts as indefensible and “sadistic.”

Los Angeles Times · Jan 28, 2023

Gun used in Monterey Park massacre an assault weapon under state law, known to jam

LOS ANGELES — As familiar as mass shootings have become, the gunman’s choice of weapon in the attack Saturday night that left 11 people dead and nine injured in Monterey Park stands out.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

New questions in death of teen shot by police officer responding to family call about suicidal online posts

The FBI and the US Attorney’s Office have been investigating the possibility of a civil rights violation with the officer involved shooting of 17-year-old John Albers in January 2018

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022

Homicide detectives face huge challenges on Sacramento shooting. Here’s what we know

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After naming and securing two suspects, Sacramento police announced Tuesday they were looking for a third person thought to be involved in the capital city’s worst gun violence ever — a shooting that killed six and injured 12 people early last week.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 14, 2022

Sacramento massacre shows rising dangers of handguns converted into automatic weapons

As state and federal authorities continue to piece together how so many people were killed and wounded in Sunday’s shooting in downtown Sacramento, their attention has turned to a small, seemingly innocuous culprit: A gun accessory that quickly and cheaply turns many handguns into weapons capable of spraying dozens of…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 7, 2022