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Binkley backs Gates' claim
• LONG BEACH- Police
Chief Lawrence Binkley on
Monday night supported Los
Angeles Police Chief Daryl
Gates' claim that the recent
videotaped beating of an
unarmed suspect was an
"exception and not the rule."
Speaking via telephone to the
host of a local cable talk show,
Binkley called LAPD officers
"really great cops."
"I think it's the consensus
among law enforcement
.leadership that this incident is
terrible (but that it is) really the
t exception: 99.9 percent of
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LAPD (officers) are the best in
the world," said the Long Beach
chief, who was a member of
the LAPD for 24 years.
In an interview on "We The
People" Monday night, Binkley
said his experience with Gates
regarding racism in thedepartment
was that "he would
not tolerate that kind of thing."
Binkley's comments came
the same day a county grand
jury opened hearings on the
incident and opening
statements were made in the
trial of two former Long Beach
police officers, one of whom
allegedly shoved a man into a
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Long Beach, CA
Date: Tues • 3/12/91
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BINKLEY BACKS
GATES' CLAIM
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Character: CIVIL RIGHTS
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80-33B
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