lapd – Noir By Night

burnedshoes:

© Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1936, LAPD

Suspects line up during a Los Angeles Police Department “show-up,” now known as a lineup, as victims or witnesses try to identify alleged crime perpetrators.

rivet-head:

blueblackdream:

Los Angeles Police Department, 1950

therealhollywoodbandit:

1950’s Pachuco is pulled over NO IT’S NOT A MOVIE IT’S REAL ! It was on Vermont and 3rd in LA

the-two-germanys:

Arline Walton, Los Angeles, 1951

Arline Walton breaking down while being questioned at the station by police just after her arrest. Walton killed her 4 month old son, stabbing the infant multiple times with a long blade while the child slept in his bassinet.