You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

L.A. Police Monitor Resigns in Frustration

Listen
Media Options
Listen

Related

    Under pressure from the Los Angeles Police Commission, Inspector General Katherine Mader announced this week that she will resign from her position. She was the first person to hold the post of official watchdog of the LA Police Department. The department created the position after the 1991 landmark Christopher Commission report written in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating.

    Her position was supposed to provide the public with a window into the LAPD’s discipline system.

    Guests:

    • Michael Zinzun, Chairperson of the Coalition Against Police Abuse in Los Angeles. He is a former member of the Black Panthers and has brought two successful suits against the LA police department and a third against the Pasadena Police Department.
    • Ramona Ripston, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Southern California.

    Related link and contact:

    Related Story

    StoryApr 18, 2024Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student
    The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

    Non-commercial news needs your support

    We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
    Please do your part today.
    Make a donation
    Top