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California Today: 'This Is Not Your Grandfather's L.A.P.D.'
It’s been a long time since Los Angeles was ruled by its Police Department, when its chief was more powerful than the mayor, when its officers were mostly white men who patrolled poor, minority neighborhoods in the style of an occupying military.
Even as police shootings in the city remain stubbornly high, and many poor black and Latino residents, especially young men, still complain about heavy-handed tactics, the force has become gentler in recent times, and its demographics more reflective of the city.
Much of that change can be attributed to the work of Connie Rice, a prominent civil rights lawyer who began suing the L.A.P.D. in the late 1980s and in more recent years has worked closely with chiefs to push forward reforms.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/us/california-today-los-angeles-police-chief.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Even as police shootings in the city remain stubbornly high, and many poor black and Latino residents, especially young men, still complain about heavy-handed tactics, the force has become gentler in recent times, and its demographics more reflective of the city.
Much of that change can be attributed to the work of Connie Rice, a prominent civil rights lawyer who began suing the L.A.P.D. in the late 1980s and in more recent years has worked closely with chiefs to push forward reforms.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/us/california-today-los-angeles-police-chief.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news