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.Gates, Bradley
Declare a Truce::;
• Police: Mayor and chief join City Council President:~·
·Ferraro in agreeing. to stop public feuding. Ten rookie~:.
officers say they have immunity in beat~g case. ·
By RICHARD A. SERRANO and SHERY~ STOLBERG, TIMES STAFF WRJTEJ!S
S~king to. reunite a city deeply divided ove~ the· Rodney G. Kfng
beatmg, the ctty's top three public officials agreed Tuesday to put an end
to the~ feuding. w~le investigations continue into allegations of police
brutality and ractsm m the Los Angeles Police Department.
However, Mayoz: Tom Bradley, · ,. · ,.;... · ·
Police Chief Daryl F. Gates and
City Council President John Fer­
.raro-standing shoulder-to-shoulder
at a late afternoon City Hall
press conference-made it clear
' that they still have major differences
over who should control the
LAPD and whether Gates should
· ·step aside.
"It's true we do not agree on
· everything," Gates said, "but we do
agree that we need to get this city
in shape. We need to get it back in
r order."
Bradley, who said he still bel
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: lieves Gates should resign, also
, called for unity.
"We hope that we can reduce
· the rhetoric that has developed
over the past few weeks and begin
the process by which this cultural­
. ly diverse city comes. together,"
. the mayor said.
ln other developments Tuesday:
• About 10 ·rookie Los Angeles
police officers who were bystanders
during the police beating of
King say they are being granted
immunity from criminal prosecution
in return for their testimony
about what veteran officers did or
failed to do at the scene. But
prosecutors said no decision had
been made.
• New internal police documents
obtained by The Times show
that police investigators searched.
. the lockers ·of the four officers
charged with assault in the March
3 beating, looking for traces of
blood on the officers' batdns and
boots.
• Michael Yarnaki, a criminal
defense attorney, was appointed to
"fill the fiitli' and finat seat oni'the
Los Angeles Police Commission.
;Meanwhile, the panel's weekly
rneeting was delayed after about
~00 protesters leaped to their feet
iihouting "No blue! No blue!" as·
):.APD personnel attempted to
.,lace a blue cloth-the LAPD's
~lor-on the commission's table.
: • The newly formed independent
citizens commission investigat­
,ng the Police Department met for
the first time, promising a top-to­
J:>ottom probe of every aspect of the
department. Gates, returning to
~work after a five-day forced leave
· 9f absence, was welcomed by 150
cheering supporters as he arrived
~t Parker Center. ·
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The Press Conference
· "' The City Hall press conference
~as a marked difference from the
:ritriolic statements made last week
as the Police Commission and City
Council fought over Gates' future.
Ferraro said he brought Bradley
and Gates together to set aside
their personal differences and .
~~give the people of this city a
ehance to cool off."
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
Edition: WED APRIL 1 0 , 19 91
Front Section, Page 1
Title: GATES, BRADLEY DECLARE
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• .· ·The council president said he
ealled Bradley and Gates on Monday
night and the three met in
Ferraro's office at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
They had "a nice long discussion,"
Ferraro said.
"We shook hands when we went
into his office and when we left,"
Bradley recalled.
At the press conference, the
thanked Ferraro for taking
~hief
the initiative in a situation that, he
said,. demanded leadership .
.·.. Blessed are the peacemakers,"
Gates said. "John is a peacemaker
here."
· But it was evident that not all
tensions between Gates and Brad­
J.ey had eased. Each time a controiversial
question was asked of ei-
~er Gates or B. radley, Ferraro
stepped in to try to deflect it.
1 . When Bradley. was asked if he
I still thought Gates ·should resign,
rerraro stepped to the microphone
and responded: "We're going to
~ork together now." ·
• But the mayor answered any­
~ay. "I did make that statement,"
Bradley said. "I believed it then
~d I stand by that statement."
- When it was over, the council
president forcibly lifted the hands
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