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Articles from the August 21, 2021 edition


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  • A Compton City Councilmember and Five Others Were Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud

    Observer Staff|Aug 21, 2021

    A member of the Compton City Council was charged with conspiracy to commit election fraud and attempted bribery to win an election on August 13. Isaac Galvan, 34, is alleged to have managed to retain his seat in District 2 of Compton by securing the votes of four nonresidents. Kimberly Chaouch (dob 11/20/72), Toni Morris (dob 3/10/87), Barry Reed (dob 8/21/59) and Reginald Streeter (dob 7/16/70) all registered to vote at the address of Galvan's alleged co-conspirator, Jace Dawson (dob 3/30/87)...

  • Santa Monica's Downtown Garages Still Have Unsafe Conditions After a Sensational Murder and Rape Attempt on July 3 by a Vagrant

    Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude|Aug 21, 2021

    Vagrants are still being allowed to camp in the downtown Santa Monica parking garages, using the stairwells and elevators as bedrooms and bathrooms, according to downtown property owner John Alle. In the early morning hours of July 3, a drug-addled vagrant attempted to rape the female companion of a visitor attempting to retrieve his car from Parking Garage 8. When the male driver left his vehicle to rescue the woman from the vagrant, the vagrant stole his car and ran over the victim - more...

  • Gascón ideology is not making us any safer

    Eric Siddall, Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys|Aug 21, 2021

    According to District Attorney George Gascón, "The past four decades have not made us any safer." This recent ahistorical statement is incredible for two reasons. First, it reveals willful ignorance by Los Angeles's top prosecutor of the historic decline in crime since the 1990s. Second, it reflects an ideological bent that snubs the progress we have made in public safety. Despite his claimed allegiance to data and science, statements like this are devoid of both. Bill Maher calls this...

  • Critical Race Theory "Ethnic Studies" High School Requirement Placed in Suspense File Yesterday by Senate Appropriations Committee

    Corva Corvax, A Logical Opinion|Aug 21, 2021

    UPDATE: According to the Amcha Initiative, a Jewish campus watchdog group, the Senate Appropriations Committee will vote on whether to pass AB 101 to the full senate on August 26. Four of the seven senators on the committee must vote to approve the bill before it may proceed to a possible bote. August 17, 2021 - The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday placed AB 101 in the Suspense File, meaning it is considered to have fiscal impact and will be set aside for further consideration. This...

  • Women Prisoners Stripped Nude While Guard's Body Cameras Film It All

    Amber S. Jackson, Lucky Lifer|Aug 21, 2021

    It's true. State Prison Guards now wear body mounted cameras. They keep on rolling while performing strip searches of prisoners. So, how do I know this? I was in the medical building. An officer was stripping an inmate behind a toilet area. And my nosey self went over to look, and the camera was mounted and rollng with the Iight on... Not to mention that the officers' policy states the cameras must stay ON AT ALL TIMES. With the only exception being when officers go to the bathroom. So, they do...