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Fugitive's rant puts focus on evolving LAPD legacy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner's claim in an online "manifesto" that his career was undone by racist colleagues conspiring against him comes at a time when it's widely held that the police department has...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Gang Activity, Civil Rights, Murder, Los Angeles Riots (1992)
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Revved up about motorcycles zooming between cars
During his nearly 40 years as a columnist for this newspaper, my late father occasionally tweaked his readers — quite disingenuously — by belittling his cat, knowing the slur would stir invective so passionate and erudite that he could fill...
Tags: Vehicles, Emily Dickinson, Highway Transportation
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Manti Te'o hoax suspect posed as girlfriend in calls, lawyer says
L.A. NOWThe attorney for Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the alleged person behind the Manti Te’o fake-girlfriend affair, said his client pretended to be the woman in phone calls with the football star. Attorney MIlton Grimes said Tuiasosopo was acting when he... -
Manti Te'o hoax: Alleged mastermind wants therapy, attorney says
L.A. NOWRonaiah Tuiasosopo to speak on Dr. Phil: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the alleged mastermind behind the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend affair, was planning to come clean and reveal the exact nature of his relationship with the football player and his role in the... -
Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...
Tags: New York City, Entertainment Events, Artists, AIDS, Los Angeles Riots (1992)
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LAPD's Parker Center is closed for good
L.A. NOWTop police officials, several elected city officials and a few hundred LAPD employees gathered on the lawn beneath the spare, windowless facade of the downtown building for a brief ceremony before LAPD Chief Charlie Beck symbolically padlocked the front... -
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listens to us, inducts Rush. How'd we do on other predictions?
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGRush’s non-induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been one of the institution’s biggest criticisms. Now the argument has been taken away. Rush's Geddy Lee at Allentown Fair in 2010 Hall of Fame voters listened to us,...... -
Jenni Rivera's musical family helped popularize Mexican narco-ballads
L.A. NOWJenni Rivera, the Mexican American pop music singer who died in an airplane crash, came from a family that wielded an enormous influence on Mexican popular culture in Los Angeles.... -
Altadena Junction: Top Stories of the Year, Part I
In the first of a two-part look at the stories that had a lasting impact on Altadena in 2012, here are a few that might not seem obvious. Next week, we’ll highlight the most important stories of the year. Saving Lower Millard Canyon: Home to... -
Connelly's Bosch still an original after all these years
"The Black Box" By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown, 416 pages, $27.99 In 1992, Michael Connelly hit the ground running with his debut “The Black Echo,” which introduced LAPD detective Harry Bosch. That novel won the Edgar Award for best...
Tags: Los Angeles Riots (1992), Literature, Michael Connelly
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: On the death of a hapless icon and his question that had to be asked
Leonard PittsThere was always something hapless about Rodney King. He entered the nation's consciousness -- and its conscience -- as a shambling drunk, an unemployed black construction worker who tried to outrun L.A. police rather than be arrested for drunk driving....Tags: Emmett Till, The Miami Herald, Human Rights, PCP, Civil Rights
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Rodney King on cocaine, PCP before drowning, coroner finds
L.A. NOWRodney King, a reluctant symbol of police brutality and the troubled relations between the Los Angeles Police Department and minorities, died after drowning in his backyard pool in Rialto in June with a cocktail of alcohol and drugs in his......
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