Spectators watch a street takeover in Compton in 2023. Columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson is calling for a law enforcement task force to respond to the scene of street takeovers in time to impound vehicles and arrest participants.
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Presidential debates usually don’t change voters’ minds
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer In 1987, former President Richard Nixon had a late life reflection on what went right and wrong in his […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: LAPD needs response teams that prevent deaths
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist “Mental illness should not be your ticket to death.” That is what one grieving parent told a phalanx of reporters a […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Photographed driving while Black or brown
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Imagine the shock I got when I opened my mail not long ago and found a moving violation traffic […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Convicting Trump won’t eliminate him
By Earl Ofari HutchinsonContributing ColumnistThere was an ominous note for former President Donald Trump and his battery of attorneys and millions of dyed-in-the-wool supporters in […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: The relentless war against Roe v. Wade
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist On March 8, 2022, three months before the U.S. Supreme Court scuttled Roe v. Wade, thousands of women gathered […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump wages war against Roe v. Wade
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist “Donald Trump owns the suffering and chaos happening right now, including in Arizona, because he proudly overturned Roe — something he called […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Bus drivers’ cries for help must be heeded
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist The footage was dramatic, shocking and enraging. There was a woman punching, shoving and kicking a bus driver. The […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Campus protests aren’t necessarily antisemitic
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist The instant the protests at UCLA, USC and other local campuses began, the protesters were hit with one charge. […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: LAPD must curtail use of deadly force
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist There really was no surprise at the recent report issued by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Critical Incident Review […]