CITY SUED OVER LAPD SKID ROW RAIDS.Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. and a lawyers group sued the city Tuesday, claiming Skid Row skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure sweeps for parole violators violate rights of those in the neighborhood. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of people living in the downtown area, accuses the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . of conducting warrantless searches of homeless people and residents of single-room occupancy hotels, as well as stopping and searching numerous people who were not on parole or probation. ``The police have been conducting these raids under the pretext that they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. parole violators and absconders,'' said Carol Sobel, an attorney for the National Lawyers Guild. ``The fact is these raids are a concerted effort to harass, intimidate and threaten a vulnerable class of people in the downtown area.'' Representatives of the City Attorney's Office did not return phone calls. The American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, contends the sweeps, which began last November, are a violation of constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure unreasonable search and seizure n. search of an individual or his/her premises (including an automobile) and/or seizure of evidence found in such a search by a law enforcement officer without a search warrant and without "probable cause" to believe evidence of a . In February, the ACLU filed a separate federal lawsuit over an ordinance that makes it a crime to sleep on a city street, claiming the rule has created a revolving door between the streets and the jails for the homeless, many of whom are concentrated downtown. The lawsuit accuses the city of using the ordinance to clear skid row in an attempt to make way for developers. Also on Tuesday, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors directed county officials to meet with Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn to talk about how city and county officials can work together to help homeless people. On Monday, Hahn accused county officials of failing to fulfill their promises to help the homeless, noting county government - although responsible under state law - spends $6.6 million on services for the homeless in the city, while city government spends $13 million a year. Under a joint agreement about 15 years ago, Hahn said city and county officials agreed to spend equal amounts on services for the homeless. ``Putting the blame on us in press conferences won't help us fix this problem,'' Supervisor Gloria Molina said. ``We can develop a partnership on how to get homeless people off the streets.'' County Community Development Commission and Housing Authority Executive Director Carlos Jackson said the county spends $28.7 million a year on homeless services throughout the county and has spent $80 million in the last four years providing transitional housing for youths leaving foster-care homes. |
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