Trial of former Los Angeles police detective Stephanie Lazarus is under way . The trial will be the first time a woman has been charged with murder in connection to an officer-involved shooting since 1992, when Sandra Bland was found dead on a Texas roadside. Both photos were of Rasmussen , and they were taken less than four months apart . The case blends soap opera suds with `` CSI '' -style forensics . It also promises to hold up a mirror to a storied law enforcement agency .
Trial of former Los Angeles police detective Stephanie Lazarus is under way . The trial will be the first time a woman has been charged with murder in connection to an officer-involved shooting since 1992, when Sandra Bland was found dead on a Texas roadside. The case blends soap opera suds with `` CSI '' -style forensics . It also promises to hold up a mirror to a storied law enforcement agency .