Power Concedes Nothing

One Woman's Fight For Social Justice

Constance L. Rice | Posted 04.02.2012

Constance L. Rice

In twenty years as a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles, I've had my share of shattering midnight calls from police and gang intervention workers, clients and social workers. But few calls rattled my world like the one that came on a quiet Jacaranda June morning in 2008.

Connie Rice: 'The Conscience Of Los Angeles'

Debra Ollivier | Posted 03.18.2012

Debra Ollivier

No one but Connie Rice has ever simultaneously (and successfully) sued the Los Angeles Police Department and forged a pioneering partnership with them.