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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Widow Says Fight For Justice Will Continue After $5.3 Million Settlement

Comments (0) | Eric Garner, excessive force, ferguson, jose de la trinidad, Justice, Justice in America, LA County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, michael brown, Mike Brown, police, Police Brutality, police shooting, police violence, Rekia Boyd, Rosie de la Trinidad, Tamir Rice

Rosie de la Trinidad. Ashley Velez/Neon Tommy.

Ashley Velez
Staff Reporter

No amount of money will replace her husband, who was shot by police.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Tensions Boil Over Before And After LAPD Ezell Ford Decision

Comments (0) | Alex Bustamante, Antonio Villegas, black lives matter, Charlie Beck, Department of Justice, Eric Garner, ezell ford, lapd, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtbale, mental illness, michael brown, Police Brutality, racial profiling, Sharlton Wampler, Steven Soboroff, Tritobia Ford

Sara Tiano / Neon Tommy

Sara Tiano
Senior News Editor

The L.A. police commission found one officer to have acted "out of policy" the night of Ezell Ford's death.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Rep. Karen Bass' Town Hall Proves Divisions Remain Between Angelenos And The LAPD

Comments (0) | 21st Century Police Task Force, Advancement Project Urban Peace Program, Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Attorney Connie Rice, Barack Obama, Body Cameras, chief charlie beck, community relations, community safety partnership police, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Connie rice, CSP, Eric Garner, ezell ford, Karen Bass, lapd, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles county, michael brown, policing, Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Representative Karen Bass, South L.A., Town Hall

A town hall on policing revealed anger and division between the L.A. community and the LAPD (Arielle Samuelson/Neon Tommy)

Arielle Samuelson
Arts and Culture Editor-at-Large

For Angelenos, history is doomed to repeat itself.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

LAPD Body Cameras Could Be 'A Cop-Out' Say Angelenos

Comments (3) | Alif Alikhan, Body Cameras, cameras, Canoga Park, Charlie Beck, Chief of Police, Dan Gomez, Eric Garner, ezell ford, ferguson, LAPD body cameras, LAPD body cams, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Commission, los angeles police department, officers, on-body cameras, police accountability, police body cams, Police Chief Charlie Beck, San Fernando Valley, Steve Soboroff, stop lapd spying, Youth Justice Coalition

Sgt. Dan Gomez of the LAPD explains the new police body cameras at the Los Angeles Police Commissioners public forum (Arielle Samuelson/Neon Tommy)

Arielle Samuelson
Arts and Culture Editor-at-Large

If only the police watch the videos, will anything really change?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Is The 'Black Lives Matter' Movement Being Hijacked By The Revolutionary Communist Party?

Comments (3) | #blacklivesmatter, black lives matter, Eric Garner, ferguson, Los Angeles and Region, michael brown, Mike Brown, Police Brutality, protest, rcp, revcom, revcom.us, revolution, revolutionary communist party

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Sophia Li
Web Producer

If you've been to the protests, you'll probably recognize this group.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Protesters On Why They Stand Against Injustice

Comments (0) | all lives matter, black lives matter, die in, Eric Garner, Hands Up Don't Shoot, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, march, michael brown, no justice no peace, protest, solidarity movement

(Celeste Alvarez/ Neon Tommy)

Celeste Alvarez
Staff Reporter

They all have a reason and know how far they are willing to go to stand against injustice.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

“Die-In” At Iggy Azalea Concert Wakes Students Up To Race Privilege

Comments (1) | black culture, board, cultural appropriation, die-in, Eric Garner, ferguson, grand jury, Iggy Azalea, Los Angeles, michael brown, Mike Brown, no indictment, NYPD, police killing, race privilege, social injustice, Staten Island, unarmed black man, university of southern california, USC

(Ashley Yang/Neon Tommy)

Ashley Yang
Associate News Editor

What do police violence and a white rapper have to do with each other, anyway?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

America Hasn't Yet Solved Its Victim Blaming Problem

Comments (0) | #whyIstayed, Arts+Culture, Beverly Gooden, Bill Cosby, Carry the Weight, CNN, domestic violence, Don Lemon, Eric Garner, Janay Rice, Joan Tarshis, michael brown, Project Unbreakable, rape culture, Ray Rice, victim blaming, yes means yes

Caitlin Plummer
Staff Reporter

It's frighteningly still a question of what she did or didn't do to protect herself.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Students Hold Teach-in and Vigil For Mike Brown, Eric Garner

Comments (1) | all lives matter, black lives matter, die in, Eric Garner, Hands Up Don't Shoot, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, michael brown, no justice no peace, protest, teach in, USC, vigil

(Charlie Magovern/Neon Tommy)

Rebecca Gibian
Senior News Editor

In the course of two weeks, two officer have walked free after killing two black men.

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