Civil Rights Law Firm In Los Angeles: The Cochran Firm California
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In September of 1999, the El Monte Police Department was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Inves...

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SHOOTING OF DON...

In July of 2016, LA County Special Enforcement Bureau deputies shot and killed and unarmed civilian,...

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$3.6M VERDICT R...

Los Angeles, CA – The Cochran Firm has announced that on Monday a unanimous jury awarded the child...

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An African American actor who was at the Glendale Galleria shopping his girlfriend was violently tak...

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Among the most contentious and debated statistics are those for crime rates in the United States. Wh...

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A Black man who says an unprovoked beating by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies left him with ...

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The decision by a Minnesota jury to convict Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd represented a ra...

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POLICE BRUTALIT...

The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, the state agency that certifies police offic...

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RACIAL DISPARIT...

Among the most contentious and debated statistics are those for crime rates in the United States. Wh...

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THE WAY THE LAP...

Law enforcement analysts review the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of last summer’s ma...

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US CAPITOL RIOT...

Investigations into how pro-Trump rioters came to overrun the Capitol building need to reckon with U...

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BIDEN AND HARRI...

For the first time in history, a president-elect and vice president-elect have appeared together on ...

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$3.9 MILLION SE...

Two Los Angeles County deputies fired nearly three dozen rounds into a white Kia Forte as its driver...

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LA COUNTY TO SE...

Los Angeles County leaders approve a $3.9 million settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by the gri...

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STERLING BROWN ...

Police officers in Milwaukee over two years ago, Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown has agreed to ...

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TRUMP FACES TOU...

President Donald Trump has said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the preside...

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STOCKTON MOTHER...

Black Lives Matter demonstrators stopped traffic in Stockton for several hours to protest police bru...

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WHY NIGERIANS A...

Nigeria has been rocked by days of nationwide protests over police brutality, harassment, and extort...

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NIPSEY HUSSLE E...

Samuel Asghedom, the brother of Nipsey Hussle and administrator of the late rapper’s estate, filed...

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ACLU SUES OMAHA...

The ACLU of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Omaha, alleging that i...

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ARRAIGNED L.A M...

“I thought they were just playing games with me, like a prank” Suspect got a ch...

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ARCHIE WILLIAMS...

The 59-year-old Baton Rouge native related that he was falsely accused of the rape and stabbing of a...

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WASHINGTON MARC...

Hours after President Trump stood on the South Lawn of the White House to rail against what he calle...

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‘AMERICA’S ...

Williams, an African American man from a humble background in Baton Rouge, was serving a life senten...

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UBER AND LYFT T...

A California appeals court granted an emergency stay Thursday allowing Uber and Lyft to continue ope...

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NEW VIDEO OF MO...

Attorneys for a woman injured in a deadly crash at Piedmont Hospital released a new video of the inc...

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COUNTY HEALTH D...

Hours before the Beverly Crest shooting, aerial video from Sky5 showed a mansion on Mulholland Drive...

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“NO EVIDENCE ...

For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation’s toughest testing standard...

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TRUMP THREATENS...

“There is simply no substitute for a police department that has the strong backing of local leader...

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LOS ANGELES MAY...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday that the city’s COVID-19 threat meter is “on the bor...

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FACEBOOK’S CI...

The civil rights auditors Facebook hired to scrutinize its record delivered on Wednesday a long-awai...

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UNDERSTANDING O...

Have you ever heard of “tech law”? If you have it’s probably because it’s one of the most p...

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OBJECTION: LAW ...

For more than 40 years, associates at Dorsey & Whitney helped the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Offi...

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THE SUPREME COU...

The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on sanctuar...

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WRONGFULLY CONV...

A 59-year-man exonerated last year after spending 36 years behind bars for a rape and stabbing in Ba...

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A PEACEFUL MARC...

Thousands of people gathered at more than a dozen peaceful demonstrations around Los Angeles on Satu...

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STATE’S FAILU...

Ready or not, life is returning to some sort of normal in the United States, and normal inevitably i...

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FACE MASKS MAND...

Face masks have become one of the most enduring — and surprisingly controversial — images of the...

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ELON MUSK VOILA...

It’s not exactly the Montgomery bus boycott, and Elon Musk is no Rosa Parks, but Tesla is apparent...

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COVID-19 ‘STA...

Los Angeles County public health officials announced a five-stage “Recovery Roadmap” on Wednesda...

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ABSOLUTE REASON...

While each person’s legal situation is different, there are times when you really should hire a la...

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CORONAVIRUS: CR...

As President Trump tells governors to “call your own shots” in easing social distancing restrict...

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A NOVEL IDEA: P...

In Catalonia a project has been launched to help neighborhood bookshops stay afloat during the lockd...

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CORONAVIRUS U.S...

Monday was the first day that the number of U.S. deaths due to the coronavirus grew by more than 500...

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CORONAVIRUS THR...

For more than six years, through two governors and hundreds of lawmakers’ votes, California’s st...

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CORONAVIRUS REL...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a coronavirus relief package that includes provi...

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MASSACRE IN AME...

Access to guns are so prevalent that it might have something to do with it. But the discussion that ...

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MISREPORTING: A...

This is a transcription of an episode from A Nation Divided Radio

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USE OF EMOJIS I...

New York (CNN Business) Can a knife emoji double as a threat to kill someone? Does a heart emoji fro...

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MUDERED 24 YEAR...

Family of a 24-year-old man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and the man w...

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PROBLEMS ASSOCI...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has sound policies in place to prevent the unnecessary...

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WHAT IS THE ELE...

The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who cast votes to decide the President and Vice-Pre...

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HOMELESSNESS �...

Americans need to go beyond holiday volunteerism and become more intentional about helping the homel...

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TOLLISON PRESS ...

The Cochran Firm is pleased to announce the May 21, 2019 findings of the Los Angles Police Departmen...

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ALL YOU NEED TO...

There were 55 women on death row in the United States as of July 1, 2018, the most recent date for w...

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DEATH WITH CANC...

On Dec. 30, as snowflakes fell outside his window, my husband and the love of my life, J.J. Hanson, ...

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SAVED MAN FROM ...

Jury duty is not a punch line. I helped decide a case about police, a black driver and a traffic sto...

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BEZOS EXTORTION...

The National Enquirer’s parent company said Friday that it will investigate Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos�...

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HUNDRED YEARS O...

One hundred years ago this week President Woodrow Wilson signed the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914 a...

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CRIMINAL PROSEC...

The following was taken from Brian Dunn’s radio show “A Nation Divided”, which is aired live e...

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CRIMINAL PROSEC...

The following was taken from Brian Dunn’s radio show “A Nation Divided”, which is aired live e...

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ALL YOU NEED TO...

G. FLINT TAYLOR, a graduate of Brown University and Northwestern Law School, is a founding partner ...

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ALL ABOUT FLINT...

G. FLINT TAYLOR, a graduate of Brown University and Northwestern Law School, is a founding partner ...

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REVEREND JAMES ...

This week’s special guest on A Nation Divided with Brian Dunn is Rev. James M. Lawson, one of the ...

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COCHRAN FIRM AN...

On Wednesday, August 1st, 2018, the Cochran Firm California held a press conference where they decla...

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COCHRAN FIRM AN...

On Wednesday, August 1st, 2018, the Cochran Firm California held a press conference where they decla...

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THE COCHRAN FIR...

The Cochran Firm California will represent Mr. Darris Love in unlawful detainment case. Article belo...

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OFFICERS AND TR...

I’ve always hated the term trigger happy because I don’t think any officer is ever feeling joy w...

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IMPACT OF RACIA...

Would police trainings and excessive force instances be reduced if you had a situations where office...

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PSYCHE OF A POL...

In almost every officer involved shooting, if you really dig into them and isolate the dynamics and ...

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HISTORY, CULTUR...

It’s very interesting to me that since about the last three or four years, ever since the situatio...

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POLICE’S HELP...

What can I do if you want the police to help and you don’t want the person to be hurt? Well, the f...

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DANGEROUS PEOPL...

If you warn the police about someone who is dangerous and they do nothing, are the police responsibl...

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LAW ENFORCEMENT...

So there’s this cafe in Oakland named “Hasta Muerte Coffee”. Oakland, as you well know, is an ...

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POLICE OFFICERS...

Today, I want to take a moment and talk about what is the law enforcement’s response to those who ...

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IAM2018 ANNOUNC...

For those who do not know what IAM2018 is, it is a continuation of the fight that Dr. Martin Luther ...

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SEIZING YOUR RI...

Of course, in many cases, whether your search falls into these case law “definitions” may be sub...

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VEGAS SHOOTING

Like many Americans, we at the firm were shocked, mortified, and deeply saddened by the horrific eve...

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THE LAS VEGAS G...

Like many Americans, we at the firm were shocked, mortified, and deeply saddened by the horrific eve...

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TRUMP’S “LA...

In a speech delivered to a group of law enforcement officials in a New York suburb last Friday, Pres...

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TRUMP’S “LA...

As Americans, at some point in our education, perhaps even from early childhood, we have been taught...

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A LICENSE TO KI...

It has been said that the police officer on the beat is the most powerful person in the American jus...