[ad_1] A Palm Springs bouncer knocked a drunk reveler to the pavement in a viral video that has netizens debating the shocking use of force. The video, posted Tuesday by Instagram account @760today, shows a drunk patron seeming to harass a bouncer at Rooftop 262 Bar in Palm Springs. Frame from a viral video showing […]
ICE arrests ‘flamethrower’ illegal tackled and zip-tied by m…
[ad_1] Federal agents have arrested the illegal immigrant who was tackled and zip-tied by onlookers during the California wildfires in a wild scene caught on video. Residents of Woodland Hills ran down and subdued Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva after they saw him trying to torch debris with what one resident described as a “flamethrower” soon after […]
Why Travis Scott and T.I. Want to Stop Texas from Executing …
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. Some of the most famous rappers in the country — Travis Scott, Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug, Fat Joe — filed briefs at the U.S. […]
Golf carts, top-shelf liquor and a million in cash discovere…
[ad_1] A crew of cargo thieves were busted with $7 million worth of name-brand goods including everything from ATVS and golf carts to top-shelf liquor and Disney apparel — as well as a cool $1 million in cash, authorities said. Detectives with a cargo theft division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced that […]
Whistleblower exposes truth about Gavin Newsom’s parole boar…
[ad_1] A former California parole agent is raising alarms about what he claims is dangerously lax oversight of parolees under the state’s corrections system — warning the lack of monitoring could put the public at risk. The ex-agent, who spent 15 years with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, says supervision of offenders fell apart […]
Accused Mexican smuggler caught with 1,000 pounds of liquid …
[ad_1] A Mexican citizen accused of trying to smuggle a half ton of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a truck’s fuel tank at the California border is facing life in prison. Alonzo Cesena Camacho, 26, of Tijuana, Mexico, had nearly 1,000 pounds of liquid meth concealed inside a commercial tractor-trailer’s fuel tank when he was caught last […]
How Police Cameras Are Open to Officer’s Abuse
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. On Wednesday, former Milwaukee police officer Josue Ayala pleaded not guilty to a misconduct charge accusing him of using the department’s Flock-branded Automated License Plate […]
California AG Cites Antitrust Concerns Over Paramount-WBD Me…
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery has a long way to go and many “regulatory hurdles” to cross before it’s truly a done deal, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “Whenever there’s major corporate consolidation like this, there’s a concern that we might see increased prices, lower wages, reduction […]
No more ‘get out of jail free’ cards for California criminal…
[ad_1] A bipartisan group of California legislators is calling for stricter limits on California’s mental health diversion programs, saying a well-intended reform has given criminals a “get out of jail free card” to wipe their records clean. Senate Bill 1373, by state Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), would scale back the scope of mental health diversion […]
From California to New York, Juvenile Justice Plagued by Sta…
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 02.21.2026 From California to New York, juvenile detention systems struggle to protect the youth they house. Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, Calif. Jamiles Lartey/The Marshall Project This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to […]