`HERE WE GO AGAIN' LAPD BEATING CAUGHT ON TV OFFICER SHOWN REPEATEDLY STRIKING SUSPECT.Byline: Jason Kandel and James Nash Staff Writers In an incident that recalls the Rodney King Rodney Glen King (born April 9, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an African-American taxicab driver who was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sargent Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. beating, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police officer was captured on camera Wednesday repeatedly hitting a car theft suspect with a flashlight after the African-American man appeared to have surrendered. Los Angeles police and the FBI immediately launched investigations into the incident, which a news helicopter crew caught on camera. The TV footage showed one officer striking the unarmed man on the ground about 10 times with a flashlight, after a car chase in Compton and a brief pursuit on foot. ``No one is above the law in Los Angeles,'' Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California said after a community meeting at the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Street Division station. ``(This) upset me. It made me angry.'' Community activists were quick to compare the incident with the March 1991 beating of Rodney King, which a nearby Lake View Terrace resident caught on a video camera. The outcry led to creation of the Christopher Commission In Los Angeles, the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, informally known as the Christopher Commission, was formed in July 1991, in the wake of the Rodney King beating, by then-mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley. , which proposed sweeping reforms of the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. . Acquittal in state court of the officers led to the deadliest riots in the city's history. ``Here we go again,'' said Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope. ``This is Rodney King all over again ... this has got to stop.'' Police said the suspect, identified as Stanley Miller Stanley Lloyd Miller (March 7, 1930 - May 20, 2007) was an American chemist and biologist who was known for his studies into the origin of life, particularly the Miller-Urey experiment which proved that organic compounds may arise from inorganic substances (specifically those , 36, was not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. but complained that he was hit in the head and nose. He was booked into Los Angeles County Jail on suspicion of grand theft auto, evading and resisting arrest resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. . His bail was set at $30,000. The names of the officers involved have not been released. Two of them have been reassigned to nonpatrol duties. The chase started about 5 a.m. when police spotted Miller in a suspected stolen car. After a pursuit through Compton, TV news footage showed Miller jumping out of the car and running about 300 yards along a dirt pathway. One officer drew his gun as Miller stood with his hands on his head. The officer then put his gun back in his holster and tackled Miller as another officer ran up and appeared to kick Miller as he was lying on the ground. As other officers restrained Miller, the officer who appeared to kick him struck Miller about 10 times with the flashlight. ``The Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
FBI spokeswoman Laura Bosley said the LAPD asked the FBI to investigate the incident separately. ``We are working with the LAPD to investigate whether or not the individual's civil rights were violated. We're interested in protecting civil rights.'' Despite their concerns, community leaders praised the willingness of the LAPD to call a community meeting to help calm fears. ``LAPD does seem to be taking this seriously, as they should,'' Ali said. ``(Former Chief) Daryl Gates Daryl F. Gates was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 until 1992. Early life Daryl Francis Gates was born to a Mormon mother and a Catholic father in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles on August 30, 1926; the family soon relocated to didn't take the Rodney King beating seriously and we drove him out of office. We can do the same thing with (Police Chief) Bill Bratton.'' Police sources said Bratton was cutting short a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of visit to return to Parker Center today to meet with his chiefs to discuss the incident. The District Attorney's Office said it was not investigating the case yet. ``We're certainly aware of the incident, but we have not formally opened an investigation at this time,'' said District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Stephen Yagman, a federal civil-rights attorney who frequently represents clients who accuse the LAPD of brutality, was not surprised at the latest incident. ``The culture of the LAPD is a cult of brutality,'' said Yagman, who had not yet seen the video footage. ``In a culture of brutality, one expects the police to be consistently brutal. This is simply the brutality of today.'' Los Angeles Urban League President John Mack said the incident opened old wounds. ``These are wounds we as a community have been trying to get past,'' he said. ``We still have a long way to go.'' Civil-rights lawyer Constance Rice, a former LAPD critic who has spoken more favorably of the department under Bratton, said she worried that the officers might be punished simply to quell community outrage over the beating. She said the videotape might show the suspect reaching for a weapon in his cargo pants. ``In that case, reaching for a flashlight actually could be a more restrained use of force, because he could have been reaching for a gun and in that case, use of deadly force An amount of force that is likely to cause either serious bodily injury or death to another person. Police officers may use deadly force in specific circumstances when they are trying to enforce the law. would have been justified,'' Rice said. King, who won a multimillion-dollar settlement from the city, has been in and out of legal problems ever since. In April, King was sentenced to 120 days in jail for driving under the influence of PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in San Bernardino County, the fifth drug-related offense to which King has pleaded guilty or no contest since October 2001. King could be released from jail as early as this Sunday. Staff Writer Rick Orlov contributed to this report. Jason Kandel, (818) 713-3664 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- 4 -- color) TV footage shows one LAPD officer striking an unarmed suspect on the ground about 10 times with a flashlight, after a car chase in Compton and a brief pursuit on foot. The suspect, identified as Stanley Miller, 36, was not seriously injured but complained that he was hit in the head and nose. Both the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . and FBI are investigating the case.
ABC-TV (5) ``Here we go again,'' said Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope. ``This is Rodney King all over again ... this has got to stop.'' Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer |
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