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Airing of King video:­
prejudicial, chief says
By Jim Tranquada
·Daily News Staff Writer
At his largest support rally yet~
·.Los Angeles Police Chief Daryi
F. Gates told more than 2 000
cheering, chanting suppo;ters'
Sunday that the videotape of the ·
Rodney Glen King beating has·
been shown enough. ·· . .. ·
. Gates said television news.
; shows should stop playing the
tape every time they mention the
;March 3 incident, because it
:might prejudice the trials of offi-
: cers indicted in the beating. . :
: "That tape will be forever
etched in my mind, and it should .
:be," Gates said. "But we have
1 seen that tape over and over and
1 over and over. No one is more ··
upset with the officers involved..
than I am, but you know, they.
deserve a fair hearing and they,
·cannot have a fair trial if that ·
:continues to be played over and·
over again." . -~
. The crowd picked up Gates~··
words, chanting "·')Ver and over" '
in unison. • ~
As he has said several times in' :
. recent days, Gates told the crowd'.
that gathered at the Police Acade~
my in Elysian Park that he in- ·
:tends to remain as chief until the ;
:department's prestige is restored ..
"Maybe we ought to deal with·'
'this issue at the outset- Folks I"'
am going to stay," Gates said. ' ...
The rally was organized in re::
.sponse to the furor over an ama-· ..
te'l!r videotape that shows King ~
bemg beaten- by officers in Lake.. ·
View Terrace.
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: Speakers at the rally included i
,two former police commissionJ ~
:ers, television personalities an