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• Justice: The se:rgeant wlio allegedly did nothing to
stop the attack and three patrobnen. face felony ~harge8:
Reiner will investigate 11 other officers at. the scene: - ..
~ . . By S;HERYL STOLBERG and t:.OIS T!MNICK,.TIMES STAFF wRiTERS
Four Los ~n"geles poli~e ~ffic~rs were arraigned . Friday on felony
charges stemming from the controversial yideotaped beating of an
Altadena -man, and the qistrict attorney vow~d to press ahead with a
criminal in:vestigation of 11 other officers who witnessed the incident but
did not intervene. • ·
The indicted officers-three pa-. ·
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trolmen who allegedly participated ., . '·:·. J.
in the beating and a sergeant who
authorities say did nothing to stop t:
it-were e~ch charged with one . .l.
count of· assault with ·a:·- d~adly · ~:
weapon and· one count of unneces;:. ~
sarily beating a suspeCt under color ! .
of authority. ·
The five-count indictment also
acc;uses Sgt. :?tacey C. Koon and
Officer Laurence M. Powell of
filing. a false police report. Addilionally,
Kooh: is charged -wi~h:
bei11g an accessory after the fact
for engaging in what Los Angeles
Couhty Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner ..
termed "a cover-up to conceal ·E
from.his superiors his own criminal
conduct" ~nd that of his colleagues.
"It is a terrible moment," Reiner
told ac teleyised· press·