Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

The Protest Industrial Complex: Follow the Money Behind “No Kings” and the Dates That Prove It Was Never Spontaneous

The first thing the public needs to understand about the “No Kings” protests is that they were never organic eruptions of public anger. From the beginning, they were built as national mobilizations,

February 6, 2026

News·Politics

The Unfair Prosecution of Rebecca Grossman and How the Real Murderer Got Away

On Triunfo Canyon Road just after dusk on September 29, 2020, two brothers were crossing the street in a marked crosswalk, one on a skateboard and the other on rollerblades. Within moments,

February 2, 2026

News·Politics·Rebecca Grossman

The Bonta Files: When State Politics Collide With Federal Law: How Rob Bonta’s Directive Could Put Local Officers in the Crosshairs

California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s latest guidance to local law enforcement, encouraging agencies to investigate and prosecute federal officers for alleged state law violations, is being framed as a bold defense of

January 28, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

The Rebecca Grossman Case and How Scott Erickson May Have Walked Away From a Double Homicide

They built the Rebecca Grossman case the way LA County builds most politically convenient prosecutions: choose the villain first, then build the investigation around that conclusion until the paperwork looks like proof.

January 27, 2026

News·Rebecca Grossman

“Slow Your Roll”: How Sheriff Robert Luna and the LASD are Manufacturing the Illusion of Falling Crime Rates

“Crime is down.” That was the message Sheriff Robert Luna delivered to the Civilian Oversight Commission on January 22nd, 2025, wrapped in percentages, charts, and carefully framed statistics meant to reassure a

January 24, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

LASD Internal Affairs Investigators Accused of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice in Botched Prosecution of East LA Deputies

On the eighth floor of the Hall of Justice, where LASD executives are supposed to police the department with integrity and justice has exposed a disturbing portrait of corruption, abuse of authority,

January 23, 2026

LASD·News·Uncategorized

“Crime is Down” Say LA County Officials – New String of Armed Robberies Rattles Calabasas Commons and Westlake Village

Calabasas is used to be a safe bubble. The Kardashian utopia where the biggest threat was Santa Ana winds, not a man walking up to a woman in the middle of a

January 22, 2026

LASD·News

LA City Law Enforcement Will Be Virtually Non-Existent by the Olympics: Why LAPD is Experiencing a Drastic Staffing Decline

Los Angeles loves a shiny narrative. We are the global capital of reinvention, the city that can host the world, solve anything with a branding campaign, and produce an inspirational montage out

January 21, 2026

Investigations·LAPD·News·Politics

Tunnel Vision or Misconduct? The Choices That Shaped the Rebecca Grossman Conviction

Wrongful convictions are rarely the result of one dramatic lie told in open court. They are more often built quietly, early, and methodically, before a jury is ever seated. They begin in

January 20, 2026

News·Rebecca Grossman

Deputies Express Outrage Online and in New Anonymous Just A Deputy letter: “I Will Not Enforce this Ordinance Against Federal Officers”

Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors has now formally approved an ordinance aimed at establishing so-called “ICE-free zones” on county property, a move being sold as community protection but already teetering into

January 16, 2026

LASD·News·Politics