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    When we pulled out on Wednesday, the military had pretty much taken over the area. There were even officers from NYPD and LAPD so the security was really tightening down.

    Chief Bratton and I are committed to providing a police department that's transparent, accountable and inclusive, ... The days of closed-door internal investigations that do little to advance the public's confidence are over. With today's actions, the LAPD is opening up itself to review by its peers in the law enforcement community and actively seeking to improve its own operations.


    Rodney King was about police abuse, O. J. was about police incompetence, and Rampart is about police corruption. That's a pretty grim picture for the LAPD, ... What Rodney King taught us is you can't ignore the problems and hope they will go away.

    If Rodney King had obeyed the orders clearly given and had laid down in a prone position on the night of his famous encounter with Los Angeles police, 58 people would be alive today, 16 billion would be circulating in the economy and four dedicated LAPD officers who were working to the book that night would not have been forced to endure two trials (the first had acquitted them) and had their careers destroyed to appease the liberal conscience. But liberals had to make their point.



    It's definitely not your father's Los Angeles of 1955. It's one of those ironies that LAPD, in a city that's pretty hip and sophisticated, is still somewhat trapped in a time capsule,

    My wife is a former homicide detective, LAPD. The wonderful thing that I was able to capture is my wife's experiences from human and professional and how do you deal with some of the atrocities that happen in LA and not bring them home. How do you cut off the human side and just maintain being professional


    The King incident was a spontaneous reaction to a middle-of-the-night situation. I think Rampart is worse, ... Official Negligence How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD.

    We proved that the most important evidence against O.J. Simpson had supposedly been found in unusual places by a thoroughly racist LAPD detective-a detective who had been caught on audiotapes made years earlier admitting the LAPD planted evidence-a detective who for some unknown reason had been present in places he had no legitimate reason to be.

    Nothing showed up that would indicate, at least from those cases we reviewed, that racial slurs or planting of evidence was found, ... Maybe he was a racist on his own time, not on LAPD time.

    The scandal, I can tell you for sure, is much smaller than the press would lead you to believe, ... It's driven by the L. A. Times, which hates the administration of the LAPD and has for many years. Part of the fault of that lies with LAPD, for not cozying up to the Times when it should have. I think a police department must give access to the press, and be open with the press, and the LAPD was not for many years, and they're paying the price for it now.

    It is our hope that people begin to work more closely with the police, cooperating more with them because there is crime here. I think the community needs to stop looking at LAPD as the enemy.

    Hyundai Motor America is proud to announce its continued commitment to traffic safety by showcasing the new tools developed in conjunction with LAPD and LAUSD to raise community awareness among children and adults, and to help reduce the alarming statistics related to motor vehicle collisions. As an auto manufacturer, Hyundai Motor America wants to keep families safe when operating motor vehicles and to promote healthy communities, ... We created The ABCs of Traffic Safety Always Be Careful - in the fall of 2003 to remind drivers, occupants, and pedestrians about proper use of safety belts and child restraints promote safe driving by commuters particularly in reduced speed school zones and ensure children have been properly instructed on crossing streets.



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