Imagine you are a woman who was just violently raped. You are laying on the ground bleeding because your attacker decided he wanted to beat you before forcing himself on you. When he leaves, you are afraid for your life and you just want someone to help you. So, you do what you ...read more

March has rolled right in like a reminder that this year, like all previous ones, marks yet another notch off your incredibly short road to the grave. Rest easy, friend, for your agonizingly short descent into the cold and  immortal nothingness does not proceed alone. Your ...read more

America is reeling from another police shooting of an unarmed black man, this time of a homeless man whom the LAPD says was going for an officer's gun during a struggle: The man was a suspect in a robbery on Sunday and the officers were trying to take him into custody when he ...read more

It took all of maybe two days after arriving at my new job at KCBS in Los Angeles to experience my first car chase -- and it was one hell of a nasty one. It was February of '96 and I was training with the noon producer, a guy named Andy, and had spent the morning shadowing him, ...read more

One of the most troubling aspects of the Danièle Watts story is how quickly the claims of two people were turned into concrete fact by the media. Maybe you believe Watts was unfairly detained by police in Studio City last Thursday, maybe you don't -- but the way the story of ...read more

There a lot of bad cops out there. There are racist bullies with badges who abuse their authority and lord over minorities with threats of violence and everyday harassment. There are cops who believe they can kill a person of color and will almost certainly not have to answer ...read more