Morning blotter -- June 4, 2007
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- The Smoking Gun Web site does a veritable fashion spread -- suspects in police booking photos. This week suspects wearing Hawaiian shirts -- a trend started by actor Nick Nolte, who wore such a colorful shirt in his booking photo years ago when he was popped for a DUI on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. thesmokinggun
- The Daily News editorial page today gives kudos to Chief William Bratton for making a dent in L.A.'s nagging gang problem, but calls on everyone else -- "the politicians, the schools, the parents, the churches and the businesses -- to do the rest."
dailynews.com - Crimeprofblog looks points to a piece by Kevin Sites over at Yahoo! that examines an outfit known as Cop Watch LA.
Cop Watch LA received wide attention last year when it posted a video of an alleged gang member being punched in the face by one LAPD officer while another officer knelt on his throat. The disturbing video has been viewed more than 100,000 times on YouTube and Cop Watch LA's site.
Ironically, Austin's tool of choice, the Internet, is the same one that landed him in jail several years ago. He was convicted of distributing information about explosives — he argues that all he did was link to a page that included text copied from Abbie Hoffman's anarchist manifesto, "Steal This Book" — and now, as part of his probation, he isn't allowed to touch a computer until August 2007.
He maintains the Cop Watch LA website through instructions to other members, writing out computer code on paper and napkins.
- Rapper Yukmouth is arrested for driving on a suspended license, according to memphisrap.com
- An off-duty LAPD officer is under investigation for taking questionable photos of kids in Garden Grove.
ocregister.com via freerepublic - Native Intelligence takes up the issue of police blotters in local newspapers and how tough it seems to get such information from the Los Angeles Police Department. The media does, however, have access to what is known as E-blotter, a daily record of all LAPD arrests across the city.
Native Intelligence
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