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Bloody Christmas was the severe beating of seven civilians by members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on December 25, 1951.The attacks, which left five Mexican American and two white young men with broken bones and ruptured organs, were only properly investigated after lobbying from the Mexican American community.
On November 29, 1977, police found the body of 18-year-old Lauren Rae Wagner, a business student who lived with her parents in the San Fernando Valley, [10] in the hills around Los Angeles's Mount Washington. She had ligature marks on her neck, ankles, and wrists. There were also burn marks on her hands indicating she was tortured. [18]
Metropolitan Division, commonly referred to as Metro Division or just Metro, is an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) under its Special Operations Group. Metropolitan Division is responsible for managing the LAPD's specialized crime suppression, K-9 , mounted , and SWAT units, named " platoons ".
William Leasure, an ex-LAPD officer accused of setting up contract murders, sits in court during his trial April 15, 1991. (Larry Bessel / Los Angeles Times)
Federal and L.A. County law enforcement raid 30 homes linked to South L.A. gang Florencia 13 in the shooting death of LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos in 2022.
The Los Angeles Police Department operated an emergency hospital for 102 years, near downtown central Los Angeles. It was called the Central Receiving Hospital, and was always in a police building that also housed other police functions, until 1957 when it was moved to a purpose-built police building. It existed from 1868 to 1970.
The relatives of a woman whose dead body was allegedly molested by a police officer will receive $250,000 to end their lawsuit against the city, the Los Angeles City Council decided Wednesday.
While awaiting trial, Leasure was held in the Los Angeles County Jail. [15] On June 27, 1991, the judge declared a mistrial as the jury was deadlocked 10-2 on whether Leasure was guilty. [ 16 ] On November 1. 1991, Leasure pled no-contest in his second trial to two counts of second-degree murder .