A Black LAPD officer who works in the Media Relations Division alleges in a lawsuit against the city that the unit director referred to him and a Black colleague as "boys" is entitled to background information on the officers promoted ahead of him, his attorneys argue in new court papers.
The Los Angeles Police Department is shutting down a very small percentage of its facial recognition searches. Last month, public records exposed the fact that the LAPD had been lying about its facial recognition use for years. Up until 2019, the department maintained it did not use the tech. Records obtained by the Los Angeles…
A Black Los Angeles police officer who works in the department's Media Relations Division who sued the city, alleging the director referred to him and a Black colleague as "boys," did not agree to settle his complaint for $50,000 and can take his case to trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
A lawsuit brought against the city of Los Angeles by a Black Los Angeles police officer who works in LAPD's Media Relations division is back in court after the settlement of his whistleblower case announced in January fell apart.