Los Angeles/ Community & Society
Published on June 04, 2020
Top LA news: Garcetti halting LAPD budget increase; 2 officers badly injured in South LA crash; morePhoto: cdschock/Flickr

Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Los Angeles.

Garcetti halting LAPD budget increase, prohibiting adding names to gang database

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he will not authorize an increase of the Los Angeles Police Department's budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year and is temporarily prohibiting officers from entering names into a statewide gang database.

Read the full story on NBC LA.

2 LAPD officers suffer major injuries in horrific South Los Angeles collision

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers suffered major injuries after their patrol vehicle was involved in a horrific crash in South Los Angeles late Wednesday night.

Read the full story on Fox 11 Los Angeles.

LAPD tactics get more aggressive as arrests soar

With Los Angeles under nightly curfews and looting breaking out in neighborhoods across the city and county, arrests have surged into the thousands.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Times.

Live LA news crew captured police profiling, detaining black citizens guarding a store from looters

Businesses in Van Nuys and Hollywood, Los Angeles, were struck by looters with no apparent connection to the peaceful protests over George Floyd's death on Monday.

Read the full story on Daily Kos.

Here's how you can support black-owned businesses in Los Angeles

As protests continue throughout Southern California over the death of George Floyd, Kat Hong of the Infatuation, a site that helps people find the best restaurants in their area, put together a comprehensive list of local black-owned restaurants.

Read the full story on ABC Los Angeles, KABC.


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