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Editorial: Murders of three homeless men are a reminder of vulnerability of the unhoused

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Moore, from left, with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, discusses the murders of three homeless men at Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters on Dec. 1, 2023.

It’s a relief that police, aided by other law enforcement agencies, swiftly a suspect in the murders of three homeless men in the city of Los Angeles. Police allege that over the course of four days, Nov. 26-29, the , Jerrid Joseph Powell, went from South Los Angeles to the Arts District to the Lincoln Heights area, gunning down men he

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