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4 ·Charged- l·n -~~ wit'habaton. - I EdiHon: 3/16/91
E. Mounger, attorney
~·for Koon; Michael P. Stone, at- ' Da-ly
taped beatl •ng torney for Powell; and Paul De-
' Pasquale, attorney for Wind, a 1
Of b I a C k d r • I ve r nuo:
I probationary OffiCer, refused t0 ,
comment on the indictment
the indictment, Koon, a 14-
N.Y. Times News Service ·. ye11r v~teran, and the thr~e :p.a- ·
·. , t:rol ofticers are charged w1th
LOS ANGELES- A police sergeant assault with a. deadly_ wea~on,
· a~d three officers have been charged ' :a11d unnecessanly beatmg Kmg ·
w1th assault and other felonies in the after he was stopped for a traffic ·
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videotaped beati~g of a black motorist:\ violation March 3.
, tha~ has tarnished the Los Angeles · - · - -
Pohce Department's reputation and
triggered national outrage.
The officers - Sgt. Stacey C. Koon,,
40; Laurence M. Powell, 28; Timothy E.
Wind, 30; and Theodore J. Briseno, 38
- appear:ed in Superior Court to answer
• a grand jury indictment that included
charges of attempting to cover up the :
incident. They were released on bail ~
after getting time to. review evidence :,
before entering their pleas. !
"It is a terrible moment and time for i
. s~rious reflection when officers who 1
1 have sworn· to uphold the law are ,
, indicted for these most serious felo- :
· nies," District Attorney Ira Reiner said :
, in announcing the charges. I
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He said the grand jury, which ~egan_,
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hearing evidence on the beating
'of Rodney G. King, 25, of Altad- i
,ena on Monday, will continue to
heat evidence related to as.·
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·many as 11 other police officers
who were at the scene.
Koon, Powell and Wind posted
bail of $30,000 while BrisenQ ·
was released on $5;000 bail. All
four men were ordered to return ·
to court March 22. · ·
John I). Barnett, attorney for
Briseno, said that his client was .
innocent and would' be acquitted ·
by a jury.
: "He did nothing wrong - he.
should not have been indicted
and we believe tl:te evidence is 1
· going to show that," Barnett
said.
Police records show that Briseno,
a nine-year veteran of the
force, was sus;t:>ended without,
pay for 66 days in 1987 after he
admitted getting "too aggres-1
sive" With a suspect who said,'
during aiJ. administrative :P.ea:-.
ing that he was kic~ed and h1t
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