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Inglewood to destroy more than 100 police shooting records that could otherwise become public under new California law
The city of Inglewood has authorized the shredding of more than 100 police shooting and other internal investigation records weeks before a new state law could allow the public to access them for the first time.
The Inglewood Police Department has a reputation for secrecy and using excessive force. In 2008, the department's officers fatally shot four men in as many months, three of whom turned out to be unarmed. The U.S. Department of Justice launched a civil rights probe and found significant flaws in the way the department oversaw use-of-force cases and investigated complaints against officers.
Civil rights advocates still question why Inglewood police opened fire on a couple found sleeping in a car in 2016, killing them both.
California police have a long history of shredding records to avoid scrutiny of their actions. In the 1970s, the LAPD famously destroyed more than four tons of personnel records after defense attorneys began requesting them as part of criminal cases against their clients. The move resulted in the dismissal of more than a hundred criminal complaints. ...
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