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who was accused of being the get­
. away driver in the killing of two
Los Angeles police officers in
Chinatown. Winn was acquitted.
• Gates was greeted by scores
of supporters as he returned to
Parker Center on Tuesday morning,
following his court-ordered ..
reinstatement. .=· -
• The Christopher Commission,
set up by Bradley to exam- .
ine Police Department operations,
held its first meeting since
it was expanded to include members
of the Arguelles Comniis-
. sion, which had been appointed
by Chief Gates to review the .department.
• City records filed as part of
Monday's court hearing indicate
the commission may have been
considering naming recently retired
Assistant Chief Jesse
Brewer as temporary chief if
Gates had resigned. The records
show that the commission asked
last month whether it could hire
a 'retired assistant chief to temporarily
replace Gates if he resigned.
The city attorney's opinion
said it could not.
· Brewer was frequently mentioned
as a possible temporary
successor to Gates.
. At their joint appearance Tuesday,
Bradley and Gates said they
would not request the differing
groups staging rallies for and
against the police chief to halt
their activities.
"All we can do is deal with our
- own comments," Bradley said.
"All we control are our personal
utterances. We don't control any­
. one else."
Gates added: "There is not
much we can do about that. The
three of us are saying what we are
saying and we are hoping they
will listen to what we are saying."
Ferraro read a joint statement
where the three said "the events
:surrounding the beiiting of Rod-
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ney King have presented the city
with a crisis that is unparalleled
in the history of our city.
"It threatens both the structure
of municipal government in ~s
Angeles as well as the cohesiveness
·or the people of our culturally
diverse city. It is time to end
the divisiveness, to stop the rancorous
debate,'' the statement
:said. "It is time to think about
~- ~hat is best--f~r this city and its
· people." .
Neither Bradley nor Gates appeared
·comfortable at the news
conference, however, particularly
at its end when Ferraro held up
their arms as if they were a umfied
team. .
Bradley also said ~he ~oh.ce
Commission will contmue Its m­
quiry into w~~theE_ 9ates h~~
·.contnbuted to any problems !n
the ~epartment and the use of e~:
cess1ve force. ::·
Yamaki, Bradley's nominee fC?r
a fifth vacancy on the Poh(fe
Commission, ha~ been t.~e
mayor's appointee to a'?- As1ap
task force working With the
LAPD to increase the. recrui~ment
of Asian-American officers.
If confirmed by the City CoUJ?-~ ...
he would become the first Asian- ·
American to serve on the Police ·
Commission. · 1 •
"When I first talked about this,
I wanted to deal with Asian issues
Asian recruitment, .to find
out how much, if any, there is.
. any Asian racist hate crime~,'":
'Yamaki said ... It's unfortunate·
~.this controversy came up." · · ·· ·
· George Aliano, president of.
the Los Angeles Police Protectiv~ ·
· League, said Yamaki_'s d_efense 01 '
a suspected accomplice 1~ the of.:
ficer shooting could raise con~
cerns among rank-and-file LAPP,
officers. . . :·-
"My members aren't gomg to
·like it," Aliano said. ·..·
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Yamaki said it should not ~-·
.an issue. ·· :
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Daily News Staff Writers John:;
Polich and Jaxon Van Derbeki{n
contributed to this story. . ;.~·!)