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His daughter, LaShonda Enclade, was in attendance for the mayor’s announcement. She said that she was ready to forgive the city, but she still struggled to forgive the officers themselves: “The word forgive is a very, very, hard word … I’m not going to say I can ever forgive them. It’s something to be worked on.” … [Read more...] about New Orleans to Pay $13.3 Million to Settle Katrina Police-Brutality Cases

Meanwhile in Rochester, New York, protesters blocked streets around the city’s nightlife district late Friday night. According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, as the number of demonstrators grew, eventually reaching several hundred, police in riot gear worked to break up the mostly-seated crowd, resulting in 74 arrests. There were no reports of violence, injuries, or property damage, though two black reporters were handcuffed, then released. … [Read more...] about Anti-Police-Brutality Protests Continue in Many U.S. Cities Following Dallas Tragedy

A building this complete and complex can be tough on the architects next door, which is one reason Gehry’s masterpiece is now generating more Gehry. Still, Diller Scofidio + Renfro is not easily intimidated, and the firm’s design for the Broad is a master class in how to be assertive and respectful at the same time. Disney draws people to its light, reverberant sanctum; the Broad pulls visitors up through a cavelike passage, allowing just a peek or two at the vaults along the way, and delivers them to a wide elevated platform full of art. Textured, matte, and rectilinear where Disney is sleek, glossy, and calligraphic, the Broad negotiates between the concert hall’s effusiveness and the lineup of introverted boxes along Grand. … [Read more...] about How Disney Hall Transformed a Downtown L.A. Neighborhood and the City Beyond

When the Force Investigation Division was first created in 2004, the Los Angeles Times wrote that it was designed to appease critics who said the LAPD, “in investigating shootings, seeks to justify officers’ use of force rather than assemble an impartial account of what happened.” … [Read more...] about NYPD Considering New Effort to Investigate Police-Involved Shootings

The study was conducted over seven months with around 1,000 randomly selected officers wearing body cameras and a similar number not wearing them. Researchers at the city’s in-house data lab kept careful track of many metrics related to officer behavior and arrests, but their primary focus was complaints against police and incidents in which officers used force. … [Read more...] about Body Cams Had No Impact on Police Behavior, New Study Shows