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—LAPD released video footage of last month's shooting of Jermaine Petit in Leimert Park last month, revealing that a sergeant shot him while driving a patrol car in a clear violation of LAPD policy. One officer is featured in the video acknowledging that Petit is not carrying a gun before he gets shot anyway.[LAPD]
—A guaranteed basic income program offering a monthly $1,000 to L.A. County residents has begun. [ABC]
—Two men in their thirties have been charged in the May killing of 69-year-old Gerold Lipeles, a homeless, wheelchair-bound double amputee, in South Los Angeles. [USN]
—USC has pulled out of hosting L.A.'s mayoral debates, "citing the cost of security, a shortage of personnel and the 'escalating tension in modern politics.'" [LAT]