What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...

A Los Angeles sheriff deputy takes aim at a television photojournalist as deputies wrestle protesters to the ground after shooting them with less-than-lethal weapons at close range in response to ...

The L.A. City Council approved a second reserve fund loan of approximately $17.3 million to cover overtime costs accrued by LAPD during the recent immigration protests.

In an 11-3 vote, council members authorized a loan up to $17.3 million from the reserve fund to the LAPD to pay for sworn officer overtime.

Despite years of costly lawsuits, oversight measures and promises by leaders to rein in indiscriminate use of force, the LAPD faces sharp criticism, fresh litigation and questions.

Between paying first responders and funding liberal activist groups, taxpayers were on the hook for supporting both sides of the recent riots in Los Angeles.

In 2020, the LAPD spent $40 million on overtime during the George Floyd riots, and related police actions cost the city at least $11.9 million in settlements and jury awards.

Firm response to LA riots lawful and necessary | READER COMMENTARY A protester is arrested by California Highway Patrol near the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

LAist reporters witnessed LAPD officers firing less-lethal munitions into crowds and taunting protestors from a helicopter. State law and a federal court order restrict the use of crowd dispersal ...

“Her response to the riots is the same as her response to January’s fires — by not reacting to obvious signs of trouble in both cases, she objectively made matters worse,” said Los Angeles ...