CROWD BLASTS POLICE ABUSES.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer More than 300 protesters marched on LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. headquarters Thursday to rally against police brutality Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers and other law enforcement officers. The term may also be used to apply to such behavior when used by prison officers. and to call on the federal government to begin collecting national data on the use of force by law enforcement. The Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization crim·i·nal·ize tr.v. crim·i·nal·ized, crim·i·nal·iz·ing, crim·i·nal·iz·es 1. To impose a criminal penalty on or for; outlaw. 2. To treat as a criminal. of a Generation held the rally to mark the third annual National Day of Protest, just two weeks after 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 . issued a report showing that the use of force has declined
significantly in recent years.
The LAPD report, supported by a review by the Police Commission's inspector general, determined that while the number of police officers has grown by 26 percent in the past five years, officer-involved shootings declined 22 percent during that period and nonlethal uses of force declined 15.7 percent. Still, speakers including the Rev. Waymon Baker of the Watts Committee Against Police Abuse said the problem of excessive force still exists. They cited the recent police shooting of an elderly man named Joe Joshua by LAPD officers two weeks ago in South Central 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. . The Police Department said Joshua threatened officers with a knife, but the protesters Thursday said too often the officer's word is accepted over witnesses' accounts. ``Police brutality is like a disease in our community,'' Baker told the crowd on the lawn in front of Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally with the prosaic name, the Police Administration Building, ground for the center was broken on December 30, 1952 . ``The police treat people in our community like they are not human.'' LAPD Lt. Tony Alba declined to comment on the rally, which targeted law enforcement nationwide, but he did say the LAPD has high standards for officers. ``We don't take uses of force lightly,'' Alba said. ``We just want to reassure the public that we have a strong use-of-force policy and review process that has worked and continues to work.'' CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Chanting protesters march toward Parker Center downtown Thursday to condemn To adjudge or find guilty of a crime and sentence. To declare a building or ship unsafe for use or occupancy. To decide that a navigable vessel is a prize or is unfit for service. police brutality. Andy Holzman/Daily News |
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