Archiv: Eric Garcetti


30.10.2021 - 09:59 [ Foxla.com ]

LAFD‘s staff shortage during fire season causing firefighters to worry

The Los Angeles City Council voted to enact a city-wide vaccination mandate, requiring all city workers to be vaccinated or file medical or religious exemptions by December 18. The deadline was extended to December 18 after a plan was approved by City Council Tuesday.

According to Escobar, 74% of LAFD members are vaccinated, including him, but if it does not change to 100% by the December 18 deadline, the department could lose 800 to 900 firefighters. He said though he is vaccinated, he believes it is morally and ethically wrong to base employment on vaccinations.

06.06.2020 - 09:38 [ David Zahniser, L.A. Times reporter / Twitter ]

„Eric, do you really believe that Los Angeles police officers are killers?“ LAPPL board member Jamie McBride said. „The same officers that provide you 24-hour security at your residence 365 days a year?“

06.06.2020 - 09:13 [ Kiera Feldman, Investigative reporter @latimes / Twitter ]

Homeless man in a wheelchair shot by cops during a demonstration in LA “He pleaded with police not to use force on him before being shot in the face,” the suit reads A Times review of LAPD records found that only 5% of arrests were for “looting”

06.06.2020 - 09:06 [ Aaron / Twitter ]

LAPD shot a homeless man in a wheelchair in the face with a „less than lethal“ bullet as he happened to be on a street they were walking down. Man wasnt even protesting. Just sat there.

(05.06.2020)

OH YEAH
Incase ya‘ll thought this pic could be taken outta context, here‘s the reverse angle.

06.06.2020 - 08:46 [ LA Times ]

Advocates sue LAPD over protest tactics, alleging disabled homeless man was shot in face with rubber bullets

Protests over the death of Floyd, who was killed while in Minneapolis police custody on May 25, have led to unrest that Los Angeles has not seen since the 1992 riots sparked by the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the beating Rodney King. While businesses were looted and buildings were damaged and burned in downtown, Van Nuys and the Fairfax District, activists said protests have been largely peaceful and police have focused most of their attention on arresting demonstrators instead of looters.

05.06.2020 - 05:17 [ Curbed.com ]

What L.A. could do with its $1.8 billion police budget

The LAPD will receive a $120 million increase in funding under Garcetti’s budget, which was adopted by default Monday after the City Council declined to review it by the June 1 deadline. More city money will be dedicated to policing than any other service this budget year. If you added up the budgets for housing, streets, and transportation, then tripled the sum, it still would not match the city’s LAPD budget.

05.06.2020 - 05:10 [ Nick Andert / Twitter ]

We see you, Mayor Garcetti. Please share widely.

05.06.2020 - 03:51 [ LA Times ]

Troubling videos capture L.A. police violence, aggression amid demonstrations

It will take time for a full assessment of how police in Southern California performed and how widespread cases of misconduct have been. Protesters and some civil liberties activists have slammed the police tactics as unacceptable. And even city leaders admit there have been problematic incidents and have called for investigations and reforms based on what has emerged.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said the LAPD would reduce the use of foam rounds after many complaints from protesters who were hit by the projectiles.