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Bishop Smith grew up in Mid-City in the '80s, at the height of the gang wars in L.A. As a member of the Crips, a life-threatening experience led him to join the ministry, where he has made it his mission to help other members and victims of gang violence.
Officers are told to de-escalate before using deadly force, but activists say the new policy doesn't go far enough.
Downtown Los Angeles is a complex place where people from all walks of life cross paths and sometimes collide. The spaces featured in this photo essay highlight areas where people have died after interactions with the police.
Just underneath the surface of Koreatown/Westlake lies a history of corruption and police involved violence that includes the infamous LAPD Rampart division scandal as well as several other questionable shootings of unarmed residents.
Many people move through the city immersed in their daily routines, often oblivious to the events that have taken place on the very streets they traverse. This project documents places where violent acts involving law enforcement have occurred in L.A.
Parker Center’s empty corridors and offices are filled with memories, many of them painful.
A look at some of the major events that have shaped Los Angeles police reform since 1980.
Densely packed with imagery, each collage and performance by Kandis Williams can lead to a million different microanalyses about race, femininity, and violence.
The first LAPD officer killed in the line of duty was shot by a fellow officer over a reward for recovering a runaway Chinese prostitute.
Eric Garner. Sandra Bland. Ruben Salazar. Artist Patrick Martinez documents police-related deaths in Pee-Chee style paintings. Then, he gives away folder reproductions to students.
Something must be done with the LAPD's former home on Los Angeles St., either to make its presence more felt or to erase its image from memory.
In the last two years, Black Lives Matter has emerged organically as one of the most important movements of this era to address state-sanctioned violence against Black people.