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•(Indicate page, name of<br />

newspaper, city and state.)<br />

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)<br />

!Police Answer to Public<br />

Amid Furor Over Be~ttng<br />

LOS ANGELES TIMES<br />

Date: WED APRIL 10 19 91<br />

Edition: Metro Sectio~, Page 4<br />

,. - -- ~ ~- , " - POLICE ANSWER TO PUBLIC<br />

. . • . itle: AMID FUROR OVER BEATING<br />

-~ ... .<br />

By JOCELYN Y. STEW ART<br />

'';JI~ES STAFF WRITER<br />

•rf," \<br />

·i;:· ':!'he team of <strong>officers</strong> was. ex­<br />

~:;i>lruning Los Angeles police proce­<br />

::"~lt.ires to a meeting of about 80<br />

{Ite5idents in the Lake View Terrace<br />

1t~creation Center on Wednesday<br />

!~ening when the discussion<br />

jmoved to the subject of probable<br />

· ~ause.<br />

I "Why is a person made to lie on<br />

~he ground when they are<br />

·;ftopped?" asked Melanie Bernard,<br />

a teacher's assistant from Lake<br />

tview·Terrace.<br />

·: An officer on the panel explained<br />

.that ordering a person to the<br />

ground had to be justified by prob­<br />

~ble cause. <strong>The</strong> answer clearly did<br />

pot please Bernard.<br />

1 "I have seen and heard of cases,<br />

·especially black and Hispanic<br />

~ouths, just stopped for a traffic<br />

.:!violation and being made to lie on<br />

Jhe ground," she said. "I just think<br />

jt's a form of harassment. It's very<br />

;degrading."<br />

~ <strong>The</strong> meeting, called a Police­<br />

:Community Awareness Seminar,<br />

·included Deputy Police C~ief Mark·'<br />

Kroeker, chief of Valley operations,<br />

and Foothill 'Division

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