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Is the LAPD Over-Reacting to a Hostile Atmosphere?
The year is only nine months over, but officers of the LAPD have already killed 18 people — as many as in all of 2014. Last Saturday night an unarmed man was killed by officers after the back window of their patrol car was broken out by a beer bottle. Did the dead man throw the bottle? What was the role of a video that led to an official warning that officers on patrol might be in danger?
By Warren Olney • • 24m ListenThe year is only nine months over, but officers of the LAPD have already killed 18 people — as many as in all of 2014. Last Saturday night an unarmed man was killed by officers after the back window of their patrol car was broken out by a beer bottle. Did the dead man throw the bottle? What was the role of a video that led to an official warning that officers on patrol might be in danger?
Also on the program, fraternity and sorority members at UCLA are accused of mocking black culture.
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At UCLA, this is Black Bruin Welcome Week, but some fraternity and sorority members are accused of mocking black culture. Men from Sigma Phi Epsilon and women belonging to Alpha Phi reportedly wore blackface to a party themed around the rap artist Kanye West.
Read the story7 minIs the LAPD Over-Reacting to a Hostile Atmosphere?
Last Saturday night, two officers of the LAPD shot and killed a man in Van Nuys after the back window of their patrol car was broken out by a beer bottle. The man was unarmed, but has not been identified. The officers’ attorney says they rightfully feared for their lives because of a video they were shown at roll call.
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