Tag Archives: Chief Beck

The LAPD: Not Your Model Police Department

Posted on December 27, 2014 by olaasm

The LAPD: Not Your Model Police Department – But Definitely Theirs   Los Angeles has long served as a proving ground where the counterinsurgency tactics later adopted by police throughout the United States were first domestically deployed. Ever since the … Continue reading →

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The People v. Charlie Beck: An Indictment of Five Years of LAPD Abuse

Posted on May 20, 2014 by olaasm

  Shortly after LAPD Chief Charlie Beck submitted formal notification of his intent to serve another, 5-year term atop the United States’ third largest police force, the sycophantic, Los Angeles media – long-storied and ever-faithful propagandists to the city’s powerful … Continue reading →

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“While Their Eyes Were Watching Don: On the Systemic Supremacisms That Really Run LA”

Posted on May 14, 2014 by olaasm

  “It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few.” – 1 Maccabees, 3:18   A racist, real estate tycoon and a beautiful young woman far his junior enjoyed prime, courtside seats … Continue reading →

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Through the Looking Glass; Chief Beck’s PR War Machine

Posted on April 17, 2014 by olaasm

  “Copaganda: An Introduction” When I read media by or about the LAPD, I often feel a little like Lewis Carroll’s “Alice,” who ― after reading the nonsense poem “Jabberwocky” in Through the Looking Glass ― remarked: “Somehow it seems … Continue reading →

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A Comedy of LAPD Errors

Posted on February 5, 2014 by olaasm

(ed. Thanks to @LAWSICK for the quick photoshoppery!) Abbott & Costello. Burns & Allen. Martin & Lewis. The Smothers Brothers. Aykroyd & Belushi. Pryor & Wilder. And of course, Laurel & Hardy. When it comes to comedy, polyamory-proselytizers can shut … Continue reading →

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