Days after anti-vaccination and far-right protesters disrupted operations at the Dodger Stadium vaccination sites, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore on Tuesday said any such protests in the future would be met with quick arrests.
“Our action is to be immediate and swift in the sense of holding them accountable for that unlawful activity,” Moore said during a virtual meeting of the Police Commission in the morning.
Protests will be confined to an area near the stadium’s entrance in an effort to balance people’s 1st Amendment rights with the need to keep the vaccination site operating, Moore said. latimes.com/california/sto…
Officers, he added, will have no patience for a repeat of Saturday’s debacle, when maskless protesters roamed through the long queues of cars, intimidating people and stalling their entry into the stadium site. latimes.com/california/sto…
“It’s my expectation and direction that ... individuals will be arrested, they’ll be cited, and their actions will be caused to be ceased,” Moore said. “This going forward is a means of ensuring that the lines will stay open, that the vaccine sites will be unhindered.”
It’s 2021 and the powers that be are still ignoring Latinx stories, choosing instead to take nostalgia programming and reheat it for high definition television latimes.com/world-nation/n…
Netflix has done a much better job at telling Latinx stories with series such as “On My Block” and “Gentefied."
Prosecutors announced bribery and corruption charges against the former mayor of Maywood and 10 others, the latest step in a probe into allegations that officials accepted campaign donations in exchange for contracts, misused funds & abused their power. latimes.com/california/sto…
Former Mayor Ramon Medina was charged with multiple counts of solicitation of a bribe, conspiracy, embezzlement and theft in connection with a wide array of corruption allegations, according to a 34-count criminal complaint made public Thursday.
An ex-city manager and former city planning director were also charged with multiple counts of theft, misuse of funds, embezzlement and conspiracy after they allegedly sought to sell properties earmarked for affordable housing to a buyer who wanted to erect a 24/7 bingo hall.
“I think he’s gotten away with more than any artist who’s not a straight white man ever could,” says @kalieshorr. “Careers have been lit on fire for much less.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“The problem is with the programmers who claim racism has no place at their stations but still won’t add @MickeyGuyton,” says a former country program director.
The numbers of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are nosediving in Los Angeles County, welcome news following a catastrophic winter wave that pummeled the region.
Though those figures have tumbled in recent weeks, they remain well above their pre-surge levels — and are still too high for the county to unlock additional sectors of its battered economy or to provide the long-term relief hospitals desperately need. latimes.com/projects/calif…
And the final, most devastating consequence of the pandemic — the number of people losing their battle with the disease — remains high.
About 201 Angelenos, on average, have died from COVID-19 each day over the last week. latimes.com/california/sto…
Smartmatic, the voting software company that Donald Trump’s lawyers falsely accused of manipulating vote counts in the 2020 presidential election, has filed the lawsuit.
Von Teese released a statement supporting the musician’s accusers:
“Please know that the details made public do not match my personal experience during our 7 years together as a couple,” Von Teese wrote. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Abuse of any kind has no place in any relationship,” she added. “I urge those of you who have incurred abuse to take steps to heal and the strength to fully realize yourself.”