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M.4R 14 1991
FBI-LOS ANGELES
By Kevin Uhrich ~.. ~ ----~- . ~
Staff Writer , In a news conference Thurs- -Sunday. Gates said Kmg was
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The mother of Rodney King, the Altadena man wquld ask prosecutors to file fel- probably was under the mfluwhose
beating at the hands of Los Angeles police I ony charges against three offi-, ence of alcohol and failed to stop·
fueled a national uproar, said Thur$day she is cers directly involved in 'the when ordered to do so. ,
trying to distan~e ~er son from _the man):" protest_s ~eating.f!e said _11 ~ther.~fficers "Beyond that, we believe the
, spawned by t.he InCident and pollee handlmg of the ~nvolved m t~e mCident, mclud- officers used excessive force ~itt
cas~.
mg the ~ankmg serge~nt at the taking (King) into custody, and
Kmg made her statement the same day Los scene, Will be charged mternallv.: that's why we are seeking charg­
Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates said he will ask.. The homemade videotape of: es" Gates said
the District Attorney's Office to file criminal ! King being kicked, shocked and '· · n Lt Fre'Crcharges
against three of the officers involved in I beaten by club,~wielding police· N;An LAPJ?ds~~~e~~~~s ~f the.
th;e beating of King ~m Sunday morning in Lake i ha_~ : fi'een broadcast thixon, sf~~ rs Gates reco:rh-
1 VIew Terrace. Later m the day, Los Angeles May- : around the CQtintry. . rede do fi lee ecuti"on cannot
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th. p d . d ~men e or pros
or Tom Bradley said the Police Commission would. oca y, e asa ena an be released until charges are.
review the King case and other reported incidents j Alta~ena ch~pters of the NAAqP filed against them or until they
of police brutality and look for possib1e patterns of 1 . dplan a rally Lat PaArker Cent;r m are judged ·by an internal board
:police violence, especially in the city's minority ,. owntown 9S nge 1 es ~ rom :j of rights. ··
communities. :, 9 a.m .. to, noon _Saturday ~0 pro- !:1 But in an interview Wednes·
"We need to get the message across that this city· test Kmg s beatmg.
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will not tolerate that kind of conduct by its police: However, Gates ·stood behind i: Richard Talkington named thre
officers," Bradley said.
the officers' decision to stop.f officers involved in the beating:·
·, The King family has kept a relatively low profile King as he was driving ~m Foot- il Officer Laurence Powell, who aJ;..'
, si~ce the controyersy began. On _Thursday,_Od~s~a hill Boulevard i.n.La~e V1~w Ter- j!legedly put his knee on King's
Kmg, Rodney Kmg's mother, said the family It IS. race after Callforma H1gh way 1, back to keep him down; Sgt. sta.
' ~ot .suppor:tin~ any protests against police behav~ i Patrol offic~rs SJ?Otted him all~g~ ;' cy Koon, who allegedly fired a
1or m the mc1dent.
edly speedmg on the Footh1ll1 1 stun gun at King; and Offic~r
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"We are not supporting any types .of tho~e _(pro-\ (210) Fr~~ay a! about 1_ a.~. it Timothy Wind, who alo~g with
tests). We don't want that," Odessa Kmg said man ~
Powell allegedly drew his baton
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interview Thursday morning. "We know that I
, and struck King on his arms
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could be very dangero'?-s. We are mellow people. ·I : legs and torso. .
We are not really lookmg for that type of thmg, j
1 King, 25, has denied the allegaf~~£~~
co~~d~ ~e~ hurt.~~e are not ~a~kin_: any~ 1
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