Word: copse
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By the end of last week, the scandal swirling around the Los Angeles Police Department was being called the city's worst since the 1930s. But the bad cops of that era, who took bribes of French champagne from madams and cash from bootleggers and gamblers, almost seem like nostalgic...
For good reason. Not only did the officers leave Ovando paralyzed for life, they also framed him, according to a new sworn statement from Perez. He also says Ovando wasn't armed and that officers planted the gun after they shot him. (Authorities aren't speculating as to why the...
But if he's right, many others could go down. Police chief Bernard Parks has already relieved a dozen cops of duty, with pay. They all worked in the Rampart division, which handles a part of town heavily populated by immigrants. Durden was fired recently on charges (separate from the...
The worst disclosures may be to come. The Los Angeles Times reported last week that in 1996 nine Rampart officers took part in a shoot-out that left one suspected gang member dead and two people wounded. A review board said those shootings were justified, but now Perez says they...
EVENT Two citizens are shot by cops, one possibly by accident