After a Times article naming LAPD officers involved in a blast that destroyed part of a South L.A. neighborhood, residents marched to demand those responsible be fired.
About 30 people marched in South L.A. on Monday afternoon to demand harsher punishment for the Los Angeles police officers who blew up their neighborhood two years ago.that, for the first time, named the six bomb squad officers who were involved in the botched detonation of illegal fireworks in June 2021. They were Det. Damien Levesque, Mell Hogg, Mark Richardson, Brendan McCarty, Thomas Deluccia and Stefanie Alcocer.
The LAPD has cited state law as the reason the department cannot disclose officer personnel records or information relating to the June 2021 explosion. The Times’ attorney pushed back on that, telling Chief Michel Moore that the state requires such disclosures in instances in which officers badly injure people or there are sustained findings of unreasonable or excessive force, as was the case in the blast.
Along with input collected by The Times from local residents, a report by the LAPD’s inspector general helps paint a picture of how guesswork and a laissez-faire management style led to what it calls a “catastrophic failure.” David Kowalski, a commander who oversaw the bomb unit at the time of the incident, was later elevated to deputy chief. Capt. Jeffrey Bratcher, the incident commander, has swiftly risen up the captain ranks.
Organizers assembled signs with photos of several of the officers who were involved in the blast, along with their salaries. That included Kowalski and Bratcher. Along the way, the marchers paused for a few minutes at the corner of Central Avenue and Adams Boulevard, where they continued their call-and-response chants as traffic cruised past. Every so often, a motorist would honk a horn in solidarity.
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