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Proof: LAPD is no longer majority white — but a recent scandal shows racism remains an issue

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-30T23:50:27Z","headline":"LAPD is no longer majority white — but a recent scandal shows racism remains an issue","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"latimes","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-30/lapd-diversity-racism-daniel-flores-recordings-scandal","v":1}

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28c56a5a871705356a9d195aff4b44583f53851b0c9049d206330a9b4a6daa99

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Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-30 23:52 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 00:25 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 00:25 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-28c56a5a8717.json prints 28c56a5a871705356a9d195aff4b44583f53851b0c9049d206330a9b4a6daa99. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-28c56a5a8717.json and headline-28c56a5a8717.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-28c56a5a8717.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 2 min after it was first seen.