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Keenan Anderson died in LAPD custody on Jan. 3, going into cardiac arrest hours after officers tased him.

The Los Angeles Police Department removed the “Thin Blue Line Flag” from one of its stations after receiving a complaint from a community member saying the flag represents extremist views.

The family of Takar Smith is demanding justice and accountability after the father of six was shot and killed by LAPD officers during a call for help concerning a mental health crisis.

Keenan Anderson was a 10th-grade English teacher who was visiting his family in Los Angeles during winter break when he got into an altercation with the LAPD. He is the third member of the D.C. school community to fall victim to violence in the past 65 days.

The Los Angeles Police department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the alleged hit-and-run driver.

Police in LA released body camera footage showing the moments when officers used a Taser on a man accused of being involved in a crash in Venice. The video release comes as a community demands justice for Keenan Anderson, a Black man who died after a struggle with police.

Authorities are looking for an alleged hit-and-run driver who was seen running away from the scene of a crash that left one children dead and another, a toddler, in grave condition.

Theophilus London, a rapper from Trinidad and Tobago who has collaborated with artists including Travis Scott and Ellie Goulding, has been found safe after disappearing months ago in Los Angeles.

Authorities are investigating an armed robbery in East Hollywood overnight.

The suspect, who officials say was carrying a foot-long "sharp metal object," was shot by police gunfire after refusing to drop the weapon as he approached officers at the scene.

The woman died at the scene and the man who was shot was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The search continues for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a nursing student while doing donuts during a street takeover in Hyde Park on Christmas night.

Moore, a 40-year veteran of the department, has served as chief since 2018 when he was appointed by former Mayor Eric Garcetti. His current term ends in June 2023.