Thursday, June 19





UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies releases report on UCPD activity

This post was updated July 22 at 9:55 p.m. A minority of UCPD policing events involves force, the threat of violence or follow up actions, UCLA researchers said in an April report. Read more...

Photo: A report made by the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies found that a large majority of instances investigated by the UCPD have no criminal law follow-up. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


James Heaps’ lawyers file motion to dismiss indictment for felony sexual assault

Lawyers representing former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps on sexual assault charges filed a court motion Thursday to dismiss Heaps’s indictment. Heaps is accused by hundreds of women of sexual misconduct and assault while working as a gynecologist at UCLA and was indicted in late May on 21 counts of felony sexual assault. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps’ lawyers filed a court motion Thursday to dismiss his indictment in late May. Heaps is accused by hundreds of women of sexual assault and misconduct, including 21 counts of felony sexual assault. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin)


Anti-Asian hate crimes and violence more than double within LA community

This post was updated July 11 at 7:03 p.m. Hate crimes reported against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in LA more than doubled between 2019 and 2020, according to an LAPD report from April. Read more...

Photo: Hate crime reports against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders more than doubled in LA from 2019 to 2020, according to the LAPD. The rise matched a similar trend statewide, according to the attorney general’s office. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)



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