ANGER STILL HIGH OVER 2 KILLINGS SOME AGREE HOSTAGE-TAKER AT FAULT.Byline: Dan Laidman Staff Writer A low-key presentation by 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 . ran up
against raw anger and piercing questions from community members Friday
night at a public meeting to discuss Sunday's shooting in Watts.
With both the mayor and the chief of police absent - the latter because of a family illness - police officials laid out their version of Sunday's hostage situation that left gunman Jose Raul Pena and his infant daughter dead. They drew some support but more hostility from the 100 community members who attended, including a number of speakers upset that the gathering took place at LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. headquarters far from the South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. scene of the shooting. Seeking to quell quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. growing community unrest, authorities explained the three independent reviews now under way and supplemented their scene-by-scene account of the shooting with dramatic video footage of Pena appearing to hold 19-month-old Suzie Lopez while firing at police. With more than 100 gunshots fired in both directions, officers were able to remove Pena's 16-year-old stepdaughter step·daugh·ter n. A spouse's daughter by a previous union. stepdaughter Noun a daughter of one's husband or wife by an earlier relationship Noun 1. from the scene but shot both Pena and the infant to death. ``This is a complex investigation and an investigation that, in addition to being reviewed by the Police Department very carefully, will be reviewed by several independent sources,'' said Assistant Chief George Gascon Gascon inhabitant of Gascony, France; people noted for their bragging. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 1049] See : Boastfulness . The detail-oriented presentations by Gascon, Deputy Chief Earl Paysinger, Police Commission Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr. and outgoing Police Commission President David S. Cunningham III stood in marked contrast to the intense question-and-answer session. Lawyer and former Police Commission member Melanie Lomax Melanie E. Lomax (April 12, 1950 – September 10, 2006), was a civil rights lawyer and former head of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners. Lomax was the daughter of Lucius Lomax, an attorney, and Almena Davis Lomax, a civil rights activist and publisher of the declared that 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. has been ``turned into an OK Corral'' by police shootings. ``They've got to change the leadership in this department to change the activities of it,'' she said, drawing applause and cheers. Most speakers voiced similar sentiments of outrage, though some supported the police, who insist officers did all they could to try to save Pena's daughter. ``There's so much anger in this room and I just feel it's so misdirected at the LAPD,'' said downtown resident Diana Chavez. ``It should be directed at Mr. Pena.'' Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope said any chance of the meeting calming the community was undercut by its location. Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vernon said there are currently no plans to hold another community gathering. ``It's day to day, as we see the need and the community sees the need,'' Vernon said. Dan Laidman, (213) 978-0390 dan.laidman(at)dailynews.com |
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