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' .,. -~. -~ , . ·.: .. - ·· King, a 25-year-old construe· Title: DOCTOR LISTS INJURIES
- stopped his car in the 11700
By Kathy Braldhlll
block of Foothill Boulevard in
Staff Writer
··• iLake View Terrace.
Wtjer getting out of his 1989
Los Angeles police officers involved in the video- Hy'undai, ~g was shocked .bY
taped beating of Rodney G. King broke his leg and an officer With a Taser dev!ce
bones around his eye, cracked a tooth knocked and kicked and beaten by police
fillings loose, and gave the Altadena man a severe with their batons. At le~t three
.concussion, King's doctor and attorney said Fri-
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day.· · · · · · · · · ·- - · · 'to be actively beatl!lg King, and • A concussion caused an in·
. "None of the . 'J . another d?zen officers can be, ternal bruise, resulting in dam-
. 'POWs taken by seen standmg around. .age to one side of his brain
,Saddam Hussein .None of the POWs When CHP ~meers ~gan the slurred speech, memory lapses
;~e back beaten . taken by Sa· ddam alleged pursuit of Kmg, they and mental dysfunction. The
:tnis badly," attor·
called for backup, and 15 LAPD slow-healing tissue could take
ney Stev~n A. Hu'sseln came back o~cers responded to the call, years to recover, Chein_said.
Lerman said ~t a said Officer Don Lawrence, an • Two facial nerves were in·
-Beverly Hills beaten this badly. ~D spokesman. jured, causing partial paralysis
news conference Steven A. Lerman King told reporters that there and sensory loss to the right side
as he and Dr. Ed-
was no chase and that he obeyed m h' t1
'mund Chein dis· King's a~oney ·· the officers' orders because:~·· IS ace.. . ·
cus.sed King's in· , "they had big gqns out and ev- -. 1 • _• The_ right shm was frac· ...
junes. "He'll never be the same -Rodney King he·. erything." . · . - tured.
was before this happened." · ·: Los Angeles Police Chief Dar· • About a dozen burn marks
The doctor showed close-up photographs of the· ryl Gates said 11 officers and one show where the Taser was ap­
Altadena man's swollen face, purplish bruises; sergeant have been relieved of plied and where the electricity
stitched cuts and burns allegedly from a Taser active duty. He asked Thursday charred King's skin as it exited
device, which delivers an electrical shock to sub: that the District Attorney's Of. -his body. · .
due a person. flee f:Jle criminal charges against Although the Los Angeles Po-
Some of the injuries to his brain and right eye ·three officers. . lice Department has completed
could be permanent, Chein said. : .~. . · Chein, an orthopedic and neu- , its investigation into the inci-
In other developments: · _ · ·;.. , J"?l~gical sped .. alis!, said !l pre- dent, the District Attorney's Of-
• The District Attorney's Office said it will cbn· liminary.exammatiOJ! ~f~ ~:lice has launched its own.probe,
sult the Los Angeles County Grand Jury in seek:. -veals .severB:I severe lll.Juries. , SP?keswoman Sandi Gibbons
1ng ~ indictm~nt a~a.ins.t the police officers ~A • The thin fragile bone cavi· :sa!~ f1
sponsible for Kmg's mJunes .. 1 th · f ·
~ t . • th b II .. · e ee e scope o our m·
1!Ie proceedings, he~d in s~c~t. are expected to c~a;:~~s:g: and b~Jo~. s~~h ~stig:i~n ~s a little ~~oaqer
.begm Mon~ay. Ther~ 15 no.estimate for how long damage is irreversible, Chein . akingn eJ.rsih she .said. Were
the grand Jury meetmgs might take. If the grand 'd Bleeding from the lll.J. ·ury is . 1 oo ~t e .actions of all 15
jury indicts the officers the case would move to 88.1 • . . · ·LAPD officers at the scene."
. trial more swiftly becau~e it would eliminate what swelling King's eye socket and Gibbons said the felony chargis
expected to be a lengthy preliminary hearing. constricting the c;»Ptic.a~ ne~e '~ against the officers for exces-
• Prosecutors are trying to obtain a second. an~ could ~?It m VISion un- -&Ive f~rce would be th~ ~es
. videotape made by a second bystander showing parrment. or lllJury to the museu· most likely .. under consideration.
, King after the assault, according to -city News lar functiOn of the eye. No decisiOn has been m~de
·Service. Although the video does not show the a King's right cheekbone was wheth~:_ to me c~~s agamst
"beating, prosecutors wan~ to l~k at it anyway. - broken on both ends and is free. King, Gibbons said. If charges
"" • Atto~;y ~rman s~Id he mtend~d to amass a floating, requiring .immediate were Illed, Gibbons speculate.~
· war chest of information before f:Jlmg a lawsuit surgery. However, Chein said ·that it probably would be a vehi·
"'· 'his face is too swollen from his cle code violation for evading po-
~ther injuries to operate now. lice and reckless driving. :
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