use of force

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) continues to rely more on force than treatment when responding to people in mental health crises. Even in...

A civil trial over the fatal LAPD shooting of Yang Yong, 40, has been scheduled for October 13, 2026, according to the Los Angeles...

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) faces renewed scrutiny after an LAPD police shooting left Jeremy Flores (26) dead in Boyle Heights. Civil rights...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that police use of deadly force must be assessed based on the “totality of the circumstances,” rather than...

The Olympic Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), which oversees Koreatown, is once again under scrutiny after a string of officer-involved shootings...

Nearly a year after Yang Yong, a 40-year-old Korean American man with a mental illness, was fatally shot by a Los Angeles Police Department...

The LAPD cleared itself in the fatal shooting of Yong Yang, a mentally ill Korean-American man, based on an internal review lacking independent oversight. The case has sparked criticism from the victim’s family and community leaders, raising broader concerns about police accountability and the failure to prioritize non-lethal responses.

Commission clears officer who killed mentally ill man — using LAPD’s own report The Los Angeles Police Commission has cleared Officer Andres Lopez in the...

A viral video showing an Iowa City police officer repeatedly punching Korean American resident Jonathan Kim during an arrest has sparked outrage and an internal investigation. The officer, Alirio Arcenas, is seen using force that critics say resembles MMA-style pounding. Police initially omitted details about the officer’s actions until the video surfaced, raising renewed concerns over police excessive force and transparency.