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This week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced plans to investigate the LAPD’s use of the CalGang database.

LAPD might be putting innocent people in the California gang database

This week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced plans to investigate the LAPD’s use of the CalGang database.

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