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Torrance Police Department Being Investigated for Racist, Homophobic Texts

Torrance Police Department Being Investigated for Racist, Homophobic Texts

KQED's The California Report

December 13, 202117m 25s

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Hundreds of criminal cases could be in jeopardy following an investigation by the Los Angeles Times into racist and homophobic text messages sent by several officers who at one time worked for the Torrance Police Department.

Guest: James Queally, LA Times Reporter


A landmark California law aimed at lowering prescription drug prices has been put on hold by a federal judge. The law was meant to prevent drug companies from doing so-called “pay for delay” deals. 

Reporter: April Dembosky, KQED 


In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the CARES Act, a more than $2 trillion aid package meant to provide an economic lifeline to the many Americans whose worlds got turned inside out by the pandemic. This legislation led to the sending out of stimulus payments, which have since been expanded, and add up to on average $3200 a person. But one group of Californians is still struggling to get what they’re due nearly two years later.

Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin, The California Report 

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