Breaking: Two more reviews have found glaring problems with the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of last summer’s mass protests against police brutality. latimes.com/california/sto…
Both concluded that poor planning, inadequate training and inconsistent leadership contributed to disorder in the streets. latimes.com/california/sto…
In LAPD's report, it acknowledged inadequate “command and control” training, failures by supervisors to properly communicate strategies to officers on the ground and an outdated approach to protests. ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/e7/24/ca83ff82…
In a second report, officials with the National Police Foundation wrote that the city and the LAPD thought they were prepared for such large-scale protests but were not. ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/29/0e/527ebbe3…
The two reports follow another produced last month for the City Council that found that a lack of preparation, poor training and a “chaos of command” had led to some of the same crowd-control mistakes the LAPD has been reprimanded for in the past. latimes.com/california/sto…
These past mistakes led to court cases that cost the city millions. latimes.com/california/sto…
The reports are part of a much larger wave of scrutiny that also includes multiple lawsuits against the city for its protest response, and come nearly a year after police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor sparked protests across the U.S. latimes.com/california/sto…
In L.A., smaller protests grew for days before exploding both downtown and in the Fairfax district on May 30, when large crowds clashed with LAPD officers staged in riot gear along skirmish lines. latimes.com/california/sto…
Protesters were injured as officers in riot gear used batons and hard foam projectiles on the crowds in ways that appeared to violate department policies, according to a Times investigation. latimes.com/california/sto…
Read the full story from @kevrector: latimes.com/california/sto…
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