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By Dollie F. Ryan
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Embattled Los Angeles Police Chief
Daryl Gates called Sunday for politicians,
the media and his critics to move
beyond the police beating of a black
motorist and allow his department to
"g~t on with it."
But Jesse Jackson and other civil
rights activists continued their vigil on
behalf of Rodney King, who family
members say still uses a cane and wheelchair
as a result of his March 3 beating.
. The incident' was filmed by an amateur
cameraman and sparked a national outcry.
"The most powerful weapon against
darkness is not a light," Jackson ·said in
· a speech to Sun~ay services at the First
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AME Church in South Central Los An-·
geles. "Put down your guns and pick up
your cameras and expose the madness."
He also called for a nationwide boycott
of Los Angeles, suggesting that
groups planning on holding conventions
in the city be encouraged to choose another
city.
"Use your mind, your marching feet
and your dollars intelligently,'' Jackson
told worshipers. "Don't give up. Stand
up."
At a rally held earlier Sunday by
Gates supporters on the steps of City
Hall, the police cheif reiterated his belief
that the police pummeling of King
during a routine traffic stop was an aberration.
"We had one incident. Let's isolate it
and deal with it," Gates said. "It seems
like we keep dragging on with the pain. I
want to get on with it."
The rally, organized by Citizens In
Support of the Chief of Police, was attendea
by about 500 people flashing
placards, bumper stickers and T-shirts
bearing pro-Gates slogans. Most of those
attending appeared to be family and
friends of police officers.
A half-dozen people spoke on Gates'
behalf, including Councilwoman Joy Picus,
who praised her colleagues for having
the "guts and strength" to reverse
the Police Commission's suspension of
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Gates pending an investigation of the
King beating. · ·
"You can't send (Gates) to his room
like a 5-year-old child," Picus said.
"That's not the way we do things in this
city."
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Picus conceded that changes werenecessary
within the city's police depart:-'
ment. But she said Gates was the appro-·
priate person to institute those changes'.
"I 'believe he is the best person 11>
make those changes," she said. "He ·
knows what needs to be done and the
troops will support him."
Meanwhile, nearly six weeks after h.ifj ·
highly publicized beating, King is worried
about retribution, suffers headaches ·
and routinely moves from one relative's
home to another out of fear. ·.