Opinion An independent probe is needed into the relationship between the departing police chief and LAPD monitor Michael Cherkasky, who will soon be Bratton’s boss. By Tom Hayden August 13, 2009 Now that Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton has announced that he is leaving his job in October, the popular law enforcer has become [...]
LOS ANGELES While with the LAPD, Ruben Palomares led a crew of law enforcement cohorts in a crime spree that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars. By Matt Lait and Scott Glover Times Staff Writers October 20, 2004 A former Los Angeles police officer has admitted to federal authorities that he and a group of [...]
Revolutionary Worker #1217, October 26, 2003, posted at rwor.org We received the following from the L.A. branch of the RCP,USA. Robocops patrol deserted, quiet streets. Young people walking to school are tense–they never know if they might be arrested for whistling, shouting, or talking to each other. Houses and apartments may be raided at any [...]
By Brian S. Bentle STREETGANGS.COM STAFF WRITER March 10, 2003 If Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton is sincere about finding the truth about the Rampart Scandal, he must start at the beginning by reinvestigation the death of Los Angeles Police Officer Kevin Gaines. The Rampart Scandal started and ended with the death of Officer [...]
Bratton Outlines Anti-Gang Initiative · Chief Questions LAPD’s Organization, Effectiveness Jan 15, 2003 3:30 pm US/Pacific (AP) (LOS ANGELES) Police Chief William Bratton spoke out on Los Angeles’ gang-homicide problem Wednesday, urging a concerted and innovative approach. “This department, the last several years, has been on the bench” as far as gangs are concerned, he [...]
D.A. says many would depend on the testimony of Perez and Durden, who aren’t credible. By Scott Glover Times Staff Writer November 26 2002 Los Angles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley announced Monday that dozens of cases against officers implicated in the LAPD’s Rampart Division scandal would not result in criminal prosecution. Cooley said he [...]
July 13, 2001 Rampart: The jurist accuses prosecutors of not honoring the ex-officer’s plea bargain. He says he has no choice but to keep the informant jailed, but sets another hearing. BYLINE: MATT LAIT, SCOTT GLOVER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS BODY: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge said Thursday he believes corrupt ex-LAPD Officer Rafael Perez [...]
Tuesday, November 14, 2000 By JOE MOZINGO , Times Staff Writer Disgraced former police officer Rafael Perez got a cut lip in a fistfight with his cellmates over what television show to watch, officials said Monday. The anti-gang officer who unleashed the Rampart scandal a year ago apparently wanted to watch “COPS” on Saturday night, [...]
New Allegations Hound Rafael Perez By Charles Rappleye for LA Weekly Fri, 13 Oct 2000 Late in the afternoon of February 6, 1996, a gangbanger and midlevel hustler named Miguel Malfavon stepped onto the patio of a McDonald’s restaurant at the corner of Temple and Alvarado streets, in the northeast section of the Rampart District. [...]
By MATT LAIT and SCOTT GLOVER, Times Staff Writers September 26, 2000 In yet another challenge to the credibility of ex-Los Angeles Police Officer Rafael Perez, LAPD officials have belatedly turned over the statement of a jailhouse informant who told authorities that Perez once boasted of having the power to wreak havoc on the lives [...]
By SCOTT GLOVER MATT LAIT , Times Staff Writers The credibility of ex-officer Rafael Perez, the main informant in the Los Angeles Police Department’s corruption scandal, has been further undermined by his testimony in several internal affairs investigations in which three officers accused of crimes or misconduct were found not guilty or the charges were [...]
February 26, 2000, Saturday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Page 1; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1437 words HEADLINE: A TEARFUL PEREZ GETS 5 YEARS; RAMPART: LAPD OFFICER TURNED INFORMANT APOLOGIZES FOR HIS ROLE IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL. BYLINE: SCOTT GLOVER and MATT LAIT, TIMES STAFF WRITERS BODY: As he was sentenced Friday to five years in prison [...]
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