"They used that training as a cover to kill him in retaliation for his whistleblowing activity," attorney Bradley Gage told NPR. Officer Houston, who died in May, was investigating an alleged rape.
The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.
"All I could think was that it wasn't me," Bethany Farber told NPR. "I just kept insisting that they check ... that they double-check because they had the wrong person." She spent 13 days in jail.
A California court denied the appeal of Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell, who were fired from the Los Angeles Police Department after the 2017 incident. Their lawyer says they're evaluating next steps.
Three people are charged with robbery and attempted murder, while two others were deemed accessories to the initial crime. One was the woman who said she found the dogs after the February theft.
An informal survey found that 60% of Los Angeles police employees would get the vaccine when it's available to them. LAPD Chief Michel Moore describes how the department plans to increase that number.
