BRIEFLY : A.V. PAIR PLEADS GUILTY TO HATE CRIME.Two Lancaster men pleaded guilty Friday to hate crime charges that will earn them a two-year prison sentence. Randy Rojas, 21, and Brent Toner, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and admitted that they beat a man because of his race. On Sept. 20, 1995, the two men walked up to a man outside of a 7-Eleven store in Lancaster and asked if he was ``down with the white race.'' When the man said he was Latino, they started to beat him up, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. prosecutors. The men, who are believed to be white supremacists, will be sentenced next month. ?13- Daily News Police group endorses Stein as city attorney The 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 Command Officers Association has endorsed Encino attorney Ted Stein in the city attorney's race, faulting incumbent 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 for not doing enough to fight off civil lawsuits against police officers. The association representing LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. command officers excluding the chief cited the ``failure by the current city attorney to act aggressively in the interests of all Los Angeles police officers, especially in regards civil lawsuits against them.'' Responded Hahn spokesman Matt Middlebrook, ``Jim has been supportive of law enforcement. He has been aggressive in these lawsuits.'' Stein had previously been endorsed by the Police Protective League, which represents officers through the rank of lieutenant. ?13-Daily News Area students receive awards, will perform Students from Topanga Canyon and Moorpark, who are among top winners of KCET's Emerging African Performing Artists Awards, are scheduled to perform at a ceremony tonight at 7 in the Harriet and Charles Luckman fine arts complex at California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. . Miguel Ferguson of Topanga, a 12th-grade violist at Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, is receiving a $1,000 scholarship. Nicole Pryor, a 12th-grade vocalist from Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] , is receiving a $500 scholarship, officials said. ?13-Daily News |
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