Year of the Kicked Dog

I can't help but thinking that the wisdom of Loosen the Leash, namely that beating a dog gets you and the dog nowhere, should be required teaching for authorities of all stripes - from prison guards to police, from foreign governments to vice presidents.

Don't get crazy in Inglewood

The Los Angeles Times investigates the alarming number of unarmed people shot to death by Inglewood police officers, including a schizophrenic man who was shot four times in the back while reaching down to pull up his pants.

From the LAT:

Over the last six years, Inglewood police officers have repeatedly resorted to physical or deadly force against suspects who were unarmed or accused of minor offenses, a Times investigation found.

In the span of four months this year, Inglewood officers shot and killed four people, three of them unarmed. The Times' review of court documents, law enforcement records and interviews shows that the problem is not new.