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Commissioner Saltzman on stepping down at a heated time for LAPD
Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman, for years the most critical voice on the civilian panel overseeing the LAPD, has ended his term. For almost a decade Saltzman fought to make the Los Angeles police more transparent, and improve its relationships with black, Latino and gay citizens.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPolice Commissioner Robert Saltzman, for years the most critical voice on the civilian panel overseeing the LAPD, has ended his term. For almost a decade Saltzman fought to make the Los Angeles police more transparent, and improve its relationships with black, Latino and gay citizens. He leaves at a heated time, when the LAPD is under fire from activists protesting officer-involved shootings of black residents, and amid a national debate over race and policing.
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- 9:57Weekly web roundup: Facebook in the news
- 19:35Olympic games begin, but Rio’s bay still filled with sewage
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- 45:15Reimagining food labels