This year, our team didn't only become watchdogs for injustice inflicted by masked federa agents, showcasing the inhumanity rampant throughout the Trump administration. We also documented the plights of January's wildfires and exploited farmworkers. Our reporters were on the ground this past year conducting that street-level reporting necessary for showing what's really happening in our city.
These were L.A. TACO's most-read news investigations of the year.
1. Fifteen U.S. Citizens Detained In Over 96 ‘Kavanaugh Stops,’ As Feds Disregard Legal Documentation by Memo Torres
After the removal of a temporary restraining order in the Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo case meant to pause federal immigration raids based on racial profiling, Justice Kavanaugh has advocated that these cases of racial profiling are actually permissible. Posted on December 8, this article explains that 15 U.S. citizens have been illegally detained in these Kavanaugh stops, demonstrating that "legal" indeed does not necessarily equate to "moral."