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A former member of a Los Angeles police SWAT unit is alleging in a lawsuit that officers encouraged the use of deadly force and retaliated against him for speaking out against misconduct. Sgt. Timothy ...
The Los Angeles Police Department's elite SWAT team was the first of its kind when it formed more than 40 years ago. The idea was to train cops like soldiers and give them combat-style equipment and ...