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"This is not South Africa,''
By Catherine O'Brien
I said Baldwin, whose film credits
Associated Press
include "The Hunt for Red Octo·
MAR 2:3 1991
LOS ANGELES - The Rev. 1: ber." "I feel so~ry for. the more
Jesse Jacl{son on Saturday •\than 8,000 pollee officers that
urged a throng of protesters out· have to take the ~eat beca~s.e
raged by the police beating of a Daryl Gates. has a big mouth. 1 _ _
black motorist to demonstrate I Thrlj!e officers and a sergeant 1 A videotape s~hlro!t:·t-b=h;:y-a~;;::;;m:;:;:;:=====±f:==±:tuntil
Police ChiefDaryl F. Gates 'were arraigned Friday on fel?riY: teur photographer shows that
resigns
charges relateq to the beahng:. King, 25, was clubbed more than
"We ·the people must march Indicted were Sgt. Stacey ~oon! · 50 ti~es, kicked and hit with an
until justice is won " Jacl{son ,40, and ~fflcers La~rence Pow·. electric stun gun.
told about 200 demonstrators ell, 28, Timothy Wmd, 30, and; In a rel~ted d~veloJ?mel!t,
' 'd th d - t r · -- .- - Gates' relations With mmonty
' outs I e e own own po ICe . Theodore Briseno, 38. . leaders took another turn for the
I headqua~te~s. _ _ - c·· - -=:- _ . " More indictments are possible, worse in a Friday meeting at his
' "Mr. Gates has .m~de state·, said Los Angele~ County Di.s~ict office.
m~nts}hat are ;aCI~t, J~ckson , Attorney Ira Re!ller. In addition, Gates opened the meeting by
sa1d. Why cant H1spam~s get: the U.S .. Just~ce Department insisting the beating was an ab­
. promoted? Mr. Gates said b~·: pl~s to mvestlgate _whether 11 erration and repeated his ref\lSal_
I cause th~y are lazy_. He said ' poh~e officers who Witnessed~~. to 'resign,. said Mark Ridley-.
d1e from pollee chok,~· • b~atmg could ~ace federal civil· Tliomas o( the:· Southern Chris·.
'holds because of our .anatomy. rights :prosecutiOn, the Los An· tiail Leadership Comerence.
: Jackson was referrmg to state· geles Times reported Saturday. · · .. . . .
•, ments made in the past by Gates, . Meanwhile, the Police Depart- · ·"He commumcated hts. disapi'
including an assertion that sev- ment released a six-minute au· pointment with the pubhc pos­
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. eral blacks died as a result of of radio communicatigps ture of som~ of us who hav~
police chokeholds because arter· during the traffic pursuit that c~lled for h1m t? s~.ep do~!
ies in the necks of black people ' led to King's arrest and beating. Ridley-Thomas said. Th~t m }t­
"do not open up as fast as they i. The conversations between of- self shows ho~ de~p ~1s, misdo
in normal people." Gates also: fic·ers and dispatchers appeared readin~ ?f the situ3;t10n 1s.
. . ': : to contradict earlier accounts by Participants d~cide~ to p~stonce
referred to Hispamc offi· I police that King's car was travel- pone future meetmg~ m,~ef~Itecers
as lazy.. ing at speeds of up to 115 mph. ly, Ridley-Th?m.as ~a1d. He JUSt
Rodney Kmg 1 who was beaten. ··:. The only mention of'the speed· doesn't get 1t,'· R1dley~Thomas
I ¥arch 3 by offiC;rs from. the r~· ] of the chase came. froni a:Califor; . said. .
.l~ce Departm~nt s Foothill DIVI· ·nia Highway Patrol officer; Pur-. Also Friday, J14ayor Tom _Br~dsion,
has said he does not be· · .--- · ley filled a Pollee Commission
liev~ the incident was racially suing King's c~ on.~· subur_ban vacancy by appointing an activ·
motivated.
street, the umdentlfied_ officer ist critic of the police chief: Stan·
A?tors ~~ec Baldwin and Kim tells a police ~ispatcher, ley K. Sheinbaum, a member ,qf
Basmger JOined protesters Satur· "They're about 55 miles an hour, the local chapter of the Amet-Iday
who chanted, "Hey, hey, ho, I think." can Civil Liberties Union. '
ho, Daryl Gates has got to go." , Late:t:, a Los Angeles patrol of- Sheinbaum said he was hard-
Demonstrators also held signs : fleer says, "The vehicle stopped fied by the videotape but
. saying, 1 'Fight racism, not a at the light, but failed to yield to wouldn't let it influence his role
race," and "Close the Gates." the police unit." as a commissioner.
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a mention of police officers leav· man ".he said. "I am not corning
ing their cars.
in with my guns drawn. . . . I
am going· to look at Gates closel
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