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Report Finds LAPD Cops Rarely Face Discipline for Violating Deadly Force Policy
Loaded on April 14, 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Police--Excessive Force,
Excessive Force (Police),
Acceptance of Responsibility.
Location:
California.
by Jo Ellen Nott
When cops in L.A. wrongfully use deadly force, they seldom, if ever, receive serious punishments according to a report by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Inspector General. Between 2015 and 2020, sixty-six officers wrongfully used deadly force. Twenty-seven of them were not disciplined and …
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