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NEWS
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- June 27, 2004 |
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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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story>
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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story>
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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story>
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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story>
New Jail Options Needed
Counties' detention centers may not have to be operated by sheriffs.
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story>
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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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story>
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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story>
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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story>
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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