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The suspect was 'sitting with his hands in front of him and appeared to be only non-compliant to verbal commands,' police say ...

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Tear gas fills the street as protesters confront Border Patrol personnel during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in the ...

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell discusses the city's lowest homicide rate since 1966 and explains why the department won't enforce ...

On June 20, SAPD’s Street Crimes Unit was attempting to arrest a wanted man in the 300 block of Leroux Street, police say.

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge banned Los Angeles Police Department officers from using some less-lethal launchers at protests, after finding that the department violated previous court restrictions ...

Newly-released video from early June provides a look at the chaotic scene in downtown Los Angeles when immigration raids first sparked protests that led to unrest. During the Los Angeles Police ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Law enforcement officials in Los Angeles began deploying "less lethal" munitions on Sunday as they clashed with crowds protesting federal immigration raids. "Less lethal" or ...

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) ordered officers this week to stop using one type of less lethal weapon during protests, after a federal judge found the department was in contempt of a ...