LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles police officer has been charged with assault for punching an unarmed trespassing suspect more than a dozen times in an encounter caught on video by a bystander, prosecutors said Tuesday. Officer Frank Hernandez was charged with assault under color of authority. Video from a bystander...
LA Police Wants to Test Everyone It Arrests for COVID-19
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department wants to test everyone its officers arrest to determine whether they are infected with the coronavirus and is asking city officials to purchase a rapid-result testing system. But it’s unclear whether such a system will produce accurate test results. Police Chief Michel...
LA District Attorney Sorry Husband Aimed Gun at Protesters
LOS ANGELES — The husband of the first black woman to lead the country’s largest local prosecutor's office pointed a gun and said “I will shoot you” to Black Lives Matter members demonstrating outside the couple's home before dawn Monday, prompting an apology from his wife on the eve of...
Police Arrest Man They Say Killed Rapper Nipsey Hussle
LOS ANGELES — Police on Tuesday arrested a man they say fatally shot rapper Nipsey Hussle and evaded authorities for two days. Eric Holder, 29, was captured in Bellflower, a Los Angeles-area city about 20 miles southeast of Hussle's clothing store, where the musician was shot Sunday. Hussle and Holder...