And they were heavily redacted (at first).

This is by far one of the longest stories I've ever written. The story went through at least 5 iterations before we even received the final batch of documents that LAPD tried for so long to hold onto. Those were the ones that revealed CSP's connection to the shooting.

This project was made possible with the LA Press Club’s Charles M. Rappleye Investigative Journalism Award. Special thanks to the Law Office of Shakeer Rahman and The People’s Law Project LA.

what LAPD never told the public or internal investigators.

The investigation further revealed an underreported and rare issue: search warrants that circumvented court oversight and became untraceable due to LAPD mishandling.

Short-doc about what we are calling shadow warrants youtu.be/Xh3ZlDegq9o

The contract itself is not listed on the city’s public document portal, I’ve asked the city clerk to forward it to me.

To clarify: the cases he’s getting paid for are against city but have very much to do with him and his alleged conduct as chief, although he is not a named party.

counsel* (i depend on voice function too much when im on the go, sorry yall)

On the stand**

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