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Editi~n: TUE S • MAR 19 , 1991
FRONT SECTION,PAGE 1
Title: POLICE MESSAGES RELEASED
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Character: CIVIL RIGHTS
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FBI -
LOS ANGELES
Comments by accused _officers called racist
·By Jaxon Van Derbeken
command structure are adequate."
and Rick Orlov
Related story:
Daily News Staff Writers
• A settlement is sought in four law· "Now that I've seen a transcript
of the conversation, it is
suits accusing the Sheriff's Depart·
Officers accused in the Rodney ment of excessive force. Back Page clear that the officers demonstrate
a casual and cavalier atti­
Glen King beating made racist
remarks on the LAPD communi- side their patrol cars - was recations
system before the inci- leased by the Los Angeles Police ing," ;Bradley said. "In addition,
tude toward this horrific beat­
dent and, afterward, one of them Department after pressure from ·it appears that bigoted remarks
said, "I haven't beaten anyone Mayor Tom Bmdley.
are not only tolerated but ap-
,this bad in a long time," accord- In a.s'tatement issued from Raing
to a tmnscript released Mon- waii on Monday night, Bradley None of the officers were iden­
. plauded." .
day.
said the officers' remarks "will tified by name on the transcript,
The transcript of car-to-car . make it hard for the people of our but LAPD officials .said....th.e..
messages between officers - city to believe that the (Police) ·transmissions were made from
typed on computer terminals in- Department's current tmining or ,.cars assigned to Sgt. Stacey
:Koon, 40, and Officers Laurence
Powell, 28, and Timothy Wind,
30.
Koon, Powell, Wind and Officer
Ted Briseno, 38, were indict~
· ed last week by a grand jury and
face felony assault and excessive
force charges in the March 3
beating of King, who suffered
:multiple skull fractures and other
injuries.-
A homemade video of the
beating of King, 25, of Altadena,
bas triggered a national outcry
about police use of force and calls
for the resignation of Police
Chief Daryl F. Gates.
The transcript released Mon~
day begins at 12:29 a.m. - 18
minutes before LAPD officers
join~d in a chase of Kin&. It ends
at 1.17 a.m., after Kmg was
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pulled over. ·subdued wit~~A-1.-A- uQ'rS¥~ ..... ~~~