After years of damning charges, rumors and reports, over a dozen officers at the notorious Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department have been indicted for brutal abuse of jail inmates ranging from fracture-causing beatings to falsifying records to assaulting visitors. The indictments echo charges from the FBI, the ACLU, a county commission and news stories that deputies were regularly encouraged to beat inmates, but "not in the face." The grand jury said Sheriff Lee Baca was responsible for "behavior that had become institutionalized." Baca said "it's a sad day" when people are saying all these mean things about him.

A Domino's Pizza in New York City has reportedly fired 20 employees who joined last week's nationwide fast food protests after they complained about unfair wages and lousy working conditions. The delivery workers - who are paid under $6 an hour and rely heavily on tips - had been asked to work extended hours inside, with no tips or raise to minimum wage. One of many NYC companies accused of various forms of wage theft, Domino's has already faced worldwide protests and charges of illegally firings. And their pizza is gross.

Mayor Bloomberg is defending his city's controversial stop-and-kiss program whereby the NYPD can kiss anyone - often black and Latino - they think looks suspicious. Great video from The Onion, which is evidently unknown to many dismayed people.