Supervisors Vote for Outside Oversight over County Jails
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LA Supervisors have voted unanimously to investigate continuing reports of brutality by Sheriff's deputies guarding inmates in LA County jails. But the Sheriff is an elected official and the Board lacks the authority to force reforms. We hear from Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Sheriff Lee Baca and the top lawyer from the ACLU, of Southern California who has criticized both the Board and the Sheriff for looking the other way. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is the Republican Party losing its cool?
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Can LA Supervisors Get a Handle on LA County Jails? ()
LA County Supervisors have stepped into the controversy over brutality by deputies against inmates in Sheriff Lee Baca's County jails. The ACLU has reported numerous incidents of violence, intimidation and excessive force, backed by civilian witnesses. The Board is asking the Sheriff to implement specific recommendations made by a Special Counsel and the Office of Independent Review. It'll appoint a seven-person commission and provide it with staff to investigate and make new recommendations.
Guests:
- Zev Yaroslavsky: LA County Board of Supervisors, @ZevYaroslavsky
- Lee Baca: Sheriff of Los Angeles County
- Peter Eliasberg: America Civil Liberties Union, @ACLU_SoCal
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Main Topic
After a Contentious Debate, Where Does the GOP Go from Here? ()
With President Obama supposedly on the ropes, Republican candidates last night engaged in pitched battles with one another. It s was the GOP's eighth presidential candidates' debate and the fifth just since Labor Day, full of shouting, interruptions and personal acrimony. As state parties battle over where the voting should start, what's happening to the Republican Party?
Websites of Republican presidential candidates:
Newt Gingrich
Michele Bachmann
Mitt Romney
Rick Perry
Ron Paul
Herman Cain
Jon Huntsman, Jr
Rick Santorum
Guests:
- Nia-Malika Henderson: Washington Post
- Walter Shapiro: The New Republic, @waltershapiroPD
- James Antle: American Spectator, @jimantle
- Robert Uithoven: Republican political consultant
- Richard Viguerie: ConservativeHQ.com
Links:
- CNN highlights of the debate
- Boston Globe on Perry's accusation that Romney knew he'd hired illegal immigrants
- Henderson on five key exchanges in last night's debate
- Washingto Post fact checks on last night's debate
- TNR on the GOP race, 'two candidates and seven clowns'
- American Spectator on the debate marking a turning point in Cain's campaign
- Viguerie on the debate, 'raising Cain'
Underwriters
Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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