LAPD officer speaking out in lawsuit over alleged gang arrest quotas

By BILL HETHERMAN | City News Service

The lead plaintiff in a consolidated lawsuit brought by six Los Angeles police officers who allege they experienced retaliation after they spoke out about commanders’ allegedly enforcing illegal quotas for gang contact and gun-related arrests and seizures is challenging the city’s efforts to dismiss their case.

Officer Samantha Fiedler and the other officers contend in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that management imposed career-impairing actions against them...