The air is thick with smoke, but crime marches on. Here are the stories making headlines in criminal LA.
NUMEROLOGY: 18 Members of 18th St. Gang Indicted
ATWATER MONSTER: Gang Leader Convicted of Four LA Murders, Rap Lyrics Key
PYRO: Unsuccesful Arsonist Booked
MISSED: Officers Shoot at Attacking Pitbull
SHH!: Librarians Battle Thugs, Vandals, Troublemakers
POET: Rug Merchant and Poet Killed in Robbery
Crime Video of the Week: Bandits Nab Puppies in Home Invasion
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Suspicion is falling on management, despite its formal denial that employees knew anything about it. "“Who let them in? That’s what we want to know,” said a vendor. “They have speakers; they could have alerted people,” said one vendor.
L.A. TACO has confirmed that the viral video posted today by Union Del Barrio showing a little girl crying in the backseat of a truck has to do with a warrant for a murder investigation.
"The police violence was totally unprovoked and has been the worst I've ever seen it in all my years of covering protesting," said photographer Kemal Cilenigr, who documented the day's shift from peaceful to besieged.
At the moment of Padilla’s arrest, he was no longer a sitting senator, or citizen of this country, he became just another Mexican. Trump is primed to lose the Battle for Los Angeles, not because he lacks resources or loyal followers, but because he doesn't even understand the battlefield itself.
"Palantir represents how billionaires make a profit by hurting families," said one protester at the demonstration. "We have to remember: this is just the first step."
Many have taken this move to protect their employees and customers.
