torrence police detective gil kranke arrived. he had been stabbed multiple times. two were upper torso as if the assailant was confronting him. couldn t have been a robbery. not a thing was taken. archie s car still there. nobody saw anything. to detective kranke, it was clear enough. archie mcfarland had been targeted and executed. and whoever killed him had escaped without leaving behind a murder weapon or fingerprints or even a hair from what must have been a violent struggle. anyway, this was pre-dna. they just didn t have any physical piece of anything left on the driveway. that was the big focus. but there was a clue. oh, yes. and it was, frankly, very, very strange. one of the stab wounds was in the groin area. what did that tell you? it s personal. kind of like somebody sending a message? yes. maybe a sexual message?
man. the caption, a taillight on his car so police will stop him and shoot him. there were offensive jokes about jewish people and threats of assault on members of the lgbtq community. the attorney general of california is wanting an independent review of these claims. here he is. standards appropriately so to keep people safe and honor constitutional rights same time. civil consequences or criminal consequences, could be. reporter: we were told 13 of the officers involved allegedly are listed as possible witnesses in more than 1,800 cases. imagine the extensive review of cases going on right now. they have already dismissed 40 felony cases at the city and the city of torrence dismissed 50
misdemeanor cases and currently 15 police officers on leave. the public information officer tells us putting people on leave started as early as august of this year and as they find out more information in this ongoing investigation they ve put more people on leave. it is currently at 15. victor and alisyn? natasha chen, i wonder people waking up in torrence and learning names and details, you ho do they turn to this department and expect them to continue to protect and serve? absolutely. reporter: the public information officer was actually talking about receiving calls from the public who have now read these reports, read the l.a. times investigation asking for transparency. critical here, he said the chief, the current chief, who came in to his role during the summer has been very proactive about making sure that none of this is tolerated and really want to give transparency to the public, but, of course, it s very difficult when you have an
Norton Rose Fulbright finds sponsorship key in diversifying ranks
By Mark CurridenThe Texas Lawbook
Jan. 11, 2021
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Norton Rose Fulbright law firm partner Shauna Clark, head of the firm s supervisory committee Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Manvel.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Shauna Clark remembered the isolation of being the only Black woman in the employment law practice at Norton Rose Fulbright when she told the firm’s managing partner in 2010 that he needed to meet a young Black attorney in their bankruptcy practice.
The leader said his schedule was tight and he didn’t have the time. Clark pushed back, refusing to take “no” as the answer.
murder of his wife carol but then he refused to talk and the investigation hit a wall. without a body, how could they prove there was a murder at all? the answer would send investigators in an unexpected direction. could facebook help them find out what really happened to carol? here again is keith morrison with secrets in the mist. deputy d.a. and the torrence police department cold case team believed mike killed his wife carol back in 1981. but they had one big problem. they couldn t prove carol was dead. the biggest assumption is going to be well how do you know she s not just out of the country or across the country or changed her identity. kind of an important question with no answer. and then in january 2011, jim wallace got the flu.