Tag LAPD brutality

LAPD beating. The power of video.

The video of Westberry and Villa being beaten by LAPD has now been viewed over 5,000 times. Look at the still of the officer backing off the Sgt. who had just clubbed them (for the fourth time) while they were…

Jim Lafferty. Lawsuit against LAPD. Press conference

Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild details the lawsuits to be filed against LAPD by ANSWER LA and those injured on July 8, 2006 when LAPD beat protestors and blocked ANSWER from having a lawful sidewalk rally. (47 sec.)…

Richard Becker. Press conference

Becker is western regional coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. “The severity of the charges is correlated to the severity of the beating.” (1:05 min.)