LAPD Investigates Racial Discrimination and Profiling Claims After USC Party

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is under scrutiny for sending almost 80 officers to break up a college party largely attended by African American and Latino students at the University of Southern California (USC). Students maintain that LAPD officers used racially biased tactics in shutting down the party and held a protest on campus to condemn the response. In response, the LAPD reached out to the USC community on Tuesday with a panel to discuss claims that students were racially profiled. Commander Bill Scott of the LAPD's South Bureau stated that the department takes this issue very seriously and an investigation is in progress. He also said that he does not want to see an incident like this repeated. To read more, go to: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/05/09/182175917/L-A-s-Police-Department-Faces-Allegations-Of-Racism