Tyler Izen (left) is the president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Police Protective League represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The league seeks to advance the interest of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. As president, Detective Izen works daily with the Los Angeles Police Department, community groups and fellow officers to protect the rights, interests and welfare of the members of the League.
Izen joined the Los Angeles Police Department on February 4, 1985. He has worked patrol, vice investigations, detective, administrative and supervisory assignments as a police officer, Sergeant and Detective in Northeast, Southeast, Hollywood, Metropolitan Division, Foothill, Internal Affairs, Office of the Inspector General and Force Investigation Division.
He was elected as a Director to the LAPPL on January 1, 2009 and elected and President on January 1, 2012. He currently serves on the Board of Directors (past Chairman) of the Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union (since 1992) and is also a Director with the Los Angeles Police Museum.
Twitter: @lappl_izen.
Nana Gyamfi (right) has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994.
Inspired by lawyers C. Vernon Mason, Alton Maddox, and Dr. Lennox Hinds and their work on behalf of the people in the Howard Beach, Tawana Brawley, and the Central Park Five trials, Nana graduated from Cornell University and earned her law degree from UCLA’s School of Law.
She considers herself an attorney for the people and says that she is dedicated to helping the disadvantaged and oppressed.
In 1992, while still in law school, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community organizing aspect of the defense for the LA Four Plus, a nickname given to the men charged with the attack on Reginald Denny.
Today, she runs the Crenshaw Legal Clinic where in addition to being an attorney she provides legal ease workshops regarding knowing your rights. The clinic also provides a home for groups that working to abolish the death penalty, freeing political prisoners, and breaking the prison industrial complex.
Website: nanagyamfi.com
Twitter: @attorneynana
August 18, 2014 at 11:12 am
1. Tyler Izen mentioned that he didn’t want to offend anyone, once he used the “black on black crime” argument, and you checked him on it. Well, his presence is offensive. Anytime you have this many young black men being murdered, and his only explanation is “we don’t know what really happened” or “sometimes you’d find some information that would blow your mind” which is code for “we need to find a story to neutralize opinions toward cops…your goal is to protect the police, only.
I’m not even sure why he was on the show, but I appreciate you (even though delicately) holding his feet to the fire about his inconsistencies… He offered zero, real sympathy. He’s as heartless and cold as the people he protects…and at the very least, exposing us to heartless drones who don’t have a problem with innocent, unarmed civilians being murdered, helps us to see clearer…