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FD-350 (Rev. 5·8·81)<br />

'•<br />

(Indicate page, name of<br />

newspaper, city and state.)<br />

,<br />

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)<br />

.Ex-Gates deputy, 1<br />

Dallas chief calls<br />

beating 'criminal'<br />

Associated Press<br />

DALLAS - Police Chief<br />

William Rathburn, who became<br />

the top Dallas police officer<br />

in February after serving<br />

as a deputy chief in Los Angeles,<br />

has written an open letter<br />

condemning the March 3<br />

beating of a black motorist by<br />

Los Angeles police.<br />

In the letter, printed in Friday's<br />

editions of the Dallas<br />

Police News, Rathburn called<br />

the <strong>officers</strong>' actions an example<br />

of"gross criminal misconduct"<br />

and said that "physical<br />

· abuse of any kind cannot and<br />

will not be tolerated" in Dallas.<br />

Rathburn also condemned<br />

"less overt acts of abuse,"<br />

, noting that "any type of<br />

I<br />

verbal abuse, racial slurs included,<br />

cannot and will not be<br />

tolerated."<br />

<strong>The</strong> chief concluded:<br />

"Please know that this organization's<br />

commitment to basic<br />

decency starts at the top, in<br />

my office. I pledge to lead by<br />

example - to treat everyone<br />

with dignity and respect and<br />

to be fair and impartial in all<br />

my actions. I simply ask that .<br />

you doth~ same." -<br />

Date:<br />

DAILY NEWS<br />

Edition: MON., MAR 25, 1991<br />

FRONT SECTION, PAGE 12<br />

11tle: EX-GATES DEPUTY, DALLAS<br />

CHIEF CALLS BEATING<br />

"CRIMINAL 11<br />

Character:<br />

~ CIVIL RIGHTS<br />

ClassHication: 8 0-3 3 B<br />

Submitting Office:<br />

IDS ANGELES<br />

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s~ARCHED<br />

INDEXED·--~1<br />

SERIALIZED<br />

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MAR 2 1' 1991<br />

FBI- LOS ANGELES I<br />

FBI 'OOJ

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