Kevin Rector is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering the Los Angeles Police Department. He started with The Times in 2020. He previously worked at the Baltimore Sun for eight years, where he was a police and investigative reporter and part of a team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in local reporting. He is from Maryland.
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Videos from LAPD body cameras show a group of officers slowly trailing Samuel Ponce for several blocks last month, firing hard foam projectiles at him. After Ponce threw a hammer and lifted a second object, an officer opened fire.
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A LAPD detective who avoided being fired for shooting a man on skid row after a night of drinking in 2019 is challenging the suspension he received.
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El sheriff del condado de Los Ángeles, Alex Villanueva, tiene previsto solicitar la intervención de la Guardia Nacional si se producen disturbios relacionados con el tiroteo de Daunte Wright en Minnesota o con el juicio de Derek Chauvin.
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The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday gave top LAPD officials two weeks to consolidate three recent reports on the department’s handling of last summer’s protests into a single plan of action that identifies top reform priorities, estimates associated costs and sets a timeline for implementation.
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L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva plans to request the National Guard if there is unrest tied to Daunte Wright’s shooting in Minnesota or the Derek Chauvin trial.
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A protester who was shot in the groin with a projectile by an LAPD officer during a protest against police brutality has filed a federal lawsuit.
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Video released by the LAPD shows officers screaming at a man to drop a gun in front of the department’s Olympic Station before he is shot by police.
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De las 73 denuncias de fuerza menos graves, 33 han sido resueltas por el departamento, y ninguna ha dado lugar a una conclusión de que los agentes estaban equivocados.
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Of the 73 allegations of less serious force, 33 have been resolved by the department with zero resulting in a finding that officers were in the wrong.
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Two more reviews have found glaring problems with the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of last summer’s mass protests against police brutality.