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.l?AGE: ;?8<br />

WSMAKERS<br />

L.A. officer<br />

hopes PR blitz<br />

will help cause<br />

13)' Ha~·a El Nasser<br />

t'SA TODAY<br />

cused of J>t>...ating Ki11g were "out of<br />

~~~~n~: a~d1~~.~~~~~i:f.<br />

Bm so were the othel'$. except<br />

omcer Laurene(' Powell, who was<br />

round innocent of all but one<br />

charge. <strong>The</strong> verdicts sparked the<br />

deadliest rioting in u.s. history on<br />

April 29.<br />

A judg~ ruled Friday that the<br />

state ca..~<br />

a~inst F'owell. facing a<br />

retrial on one count of excessh fed·<br />

eral trial goes fo.l"\\·ard. ·<br />

"'Ted feels the- others used ex·<br />

cessive force.'' Braun say$. "1<br />

wouldn't say he turned on the Oth·<br />

er guys, but he took a ditrerent position<br />

at the trial. ... He also !eel~<br />

they were tried and acquitted and<br />

shouldn't be tried again.''<br />

Braun is trying to showcase the<br />

public sympathy toward Briseno<br />

early. That could be a good move<br />

considering that the federal trial<br />

-unlike the first State trial - will<br />

not 'tK' t~J~vised.<br />

on the KABC sbow. 'Braun says<br />

b cks. often come ~P tO Bri~no to<br />

nk him for trying to save King<br />

ring the Mli!rch 3, 1991, incident.<br />

callers to the show seemed to<br />

suppon Braun's claims.<br />

"Briseno is perceived as having<br />

intercede

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