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r ··u.s. to Review<br />

Complaints<br />

. of Brutality<br />

By RONALD j. OSTROW<br />

TIMES STAFF WRITER "<br />

WASHINGTON-Triggered by the videotaped<br />

police beating of a Los Angeles motorist, Atty. Gen.: ·<br />

Dick Thornburgh Thursday ordered an unprece-<br />

. dented nationwide review· of police brutality com~ :<br />

plaints filed with federal authorities over the last six · ·<br />

years to determine whether they show a pattern of· ;<br />

;olice misconduct. · · · -: ~ · l<br />

Law. enforc.ement <strong>officers</strong> "mu5t be among the · •<br />

first to assure the observance of the civil rights and:.<br />

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civillibertie~ of .all citizens," Thornburgh said after'<br />

. \lleeting with two senior mem~ers of the Congressional.<br />

<strong>Black</strong> Caucus who urged .him to investigate ,<br />

what they alleged is "sys~emic police abuse in Los . : 1<br />

A~~~: 8 ~. D~nne~ assist~nt attorn~y general for. cfvn I<br />

rights,· said that his division will·cond'-'ct,the review J<br />

"in-house"-studying about 15,000 complaints<br />

\brought to. U.S. attorneys, the fBI and the Justice<br />

. Department-without .trying tq . examine files of<br />

police departments around the country. ·r .. : ~.<br />

·i~.:Q1Jn~~::.~cy4~in an intervi~w thaf a previous

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