Los Angeles County Reaches Civil Rights Agreement with Justice Department

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Less than two years after prosecutors discovered a pattern of racial discrimination, the nation’s largest sheriff’s department reached a sweeping agreement Tuesday with the Justice Department to restore civil rights. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the deal 4-1 after patterns of abuse were found, including unlawful stops and…

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Rumor Mill Working Overtime as Controversy Bubbles Between FBI and LA Sheriff’s Dept.

 Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The rumor mill has been working over time involving the controversy between FBI and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Lee Baca is fuming that the FBI didn’t tell him about its investigation into inmate abuse, or the fact that the FBI, in an undercover sting, paid a sheriff’s deputy about…

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