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The city of Los Angeles will pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Omar Abrego, who died after a confrontation in South L.A. with police officers trying to arrest him. Omar Abrego’s death was one of two in August 2014 that drew outrage from activists protesting killings by police. […]

The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday that two LAPD sergeants acted within department policy last year during a violent arrest of a South L.A. man who died the next day. Police commissioners unanimously sided with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who recommended the two sergeants and four officers who responded as backup be cleared in […]

Los Angeles County coroner’s officials determined that a man who died last year after struggling with two LAPD sergeants during an arrest in South L.A. died from the effects of cocaine but also suffered “physical and emotional duress while taken under custody,” according to an autopsy report issued Tuesday. Omar Abrego, 37, tested positive for […]

Lilia Brego Figueroa filed at $25 million lawsuit Monday against the LAPD, Police Chief Charlie Beck, two police officers, the City of Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti in the death of her son, Omar Abrego, who died following a violent confrontation with police last August. Liberte Chan reports for the KTLA 5 News at […]

The Los Angeles Police Department has identified two sergeants involved in a physical altercation with a 37-year-old motorist who died hours after his arrest. The department identified the two officials involved in the Aug. 3 altercation with Omar Abrego as Robert Calderon and Jeff Mares, who are both assigned to the Newton Division gang enforcement […]

Demonstrators gathered Tuesday in South Los Angeles for a march and meeting in the neighborhood where two men were killed while being detained by police in separate incidents nine days apart. The event followed protests Monday and over the weekend over the deaths of 25-year-old Ezell Ford and 37-year-old Omar Abrego. Protesters began their march Tuesday evening […]

One week before the fatal police shooting of Ezell Ford in South Los Angeles, a family claimed LAPD sergeants beat their loved one to death in the same area. Omar Abrego, a 37-year-old father of three, was driving home on Aug. 2 when he was pulled over by officers right in front of his house […]

Protesters gathered Thursday in front of the criminal courts building demanding that L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey file murder charges against the officers involved in the deaths of Ezell Ford and Omar Abrego, who were killed in South L.A. earlier this month.