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  2. Rampart scandal - Wikipedia

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    The New Rampart Police Station. The Rampart scandal was a police corruption scandal which unfolded in Los Angeles, California during the late 1990s and early 2000s.The scandal concerned widespread criminal activity within the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division.

  3. Bloody Christmas (1951) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. History of the Los Angeles Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Bloody Christmas scandal in 1951 led to calls for civilian accountability and an end to police brutality in the city itself. Parker served until his death in 1966 from a heart attack, the longest period in office of any chief. The LAPD held a contest in 1955 for the motto of their police academy.

  5. 'Ghost stops': Lieutenant claims LAPD officials were warned ...

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    An LAPD lieutenant whose officers are accused of trying to cover up illegal traffic stops and thefts by turning off their body-worn cameras has filed a lawsuit claiming he was "set up to fail" and ...

  6. Brass knuckles, body cams and bad behavior: LAPD probe ... - AOL

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    The LAPD's data-driven culture has created "perverse incentives" resulting in past scandals, such as the one that broke out in 2020 when officers from the vaunted Metropolitan Division falsely ...

  7. Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums - Wikipedia

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    Denzel Washington also grew a beard in order to emulate the appearance of Rafael Pérez, an LAPD narcotics officer involved in multiple scandals. [12] [13] The police drama series The Shield (2002-2008), which revolves around a corrupt anti-gang unit called the Strike Team, is based on the Rampart scandal. Rampart was the original name for the ...

  8. LAPD officer photo scandal: Judge rejects city motion, gives ...

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    LAPD officer photo scandal: Judge rejects city motion, gives victory to journalist. Richard Winton. April 25, 2023 at 6:04 PM. LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

  9. Kevin Gaines (police officer) - Wikipedia

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    Kevin Lee Gaines (February 6, 1966 – March 18, 1997) was an American police officer assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit implicated in the Rampart scandal. Gaines had ties to Death Row Records and the Bloods, and dated Suge Knight's ex-wife.