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NEWS of the Day - June 27, 2004
on some LACP issues of interest

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NEWS of the Day - June 27, 2004
on some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood activist

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following group of articles from local newspapers and other sources constitutes but a small percentage of the information available to the community policing and neighborhood activist public. It is by no means meant to cover every possible issue of interest, nor is it meant to convey any particular point of view ...

We present this simply as a convenience to our readership ...

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From the LA Times:

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Bratton Vows to Review Police Use of Flashlights

After last week's videotaped beating of a suspect, chief focuses on department's policy.
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Graffiti Might Be Hate Crime
Sheriff's detectives were investigating as a possible hate crime the vandalism of cars and the spray-painting of walls in a Lancaster neighborhood early Saturday, authorities said.
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Detectives Kill Man Who Struck Cop With His Car

Burbank police detectives shot and killed a 25-year-old man after he struck one of them with his car, authorities said Saturday.
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Man Allegedly Wielding Shotgun Killed by Police
A 50-year-old man allegedly armed with a shotgun was killed by officers attempting to serve a search warrant at an Echo Park home, police said Saturday.
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New Jail Options Needed
Counties' detention centers may not have to be operated by sheriffs.
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From the Daily News:

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Hunting a drug lord
For years, when police intercepted cocaine and methamphetamine coming into locations as far-flung as Hawaii and Florida, they would hear the same thing when they cracked the suspects carrying the drugs: "I got it from Henry in L.A."
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Agreement means truce in lengthy Burbank airport battle
The tentative cease-fire reached this past week between the city and Bob Hope Airport authorities caps airport growth for the next seven years -- new gates would be banned -- and halts a costly court fight.
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LAPD rule under scrutiny
Continuing a community relations campaign in the wake of the videotaped police beating of a suspected car thief, LAPD Chief William Bratton said Saturday he will review the policy that allows officers to hit suspects with flashlights.
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Moore seeks mayor slot
For Walter Whitman Moore, the challenge he now faces is getting beyond the dreams of his namesake into the practical world of politics.
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Activists protest patrol's sweeps
Chanting pro-immigrant slogans and carrying handwritten signs with messages such as "We Do The Hard Work," hundreds of people marched through a mostly Hispanic section of downtown Saturday to protest a series of recent Border Patrol arrests of illegal immigrants.
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