ZINE GETS FLAK FOR CRACK ABOUT POLICE CHIEF.Byline: Staff and Wire Services A coalition of activists voiced their collective outrage Wednesday over a remark attributed to ex-police union officer-turned Councilman Dennis Zine, who jokingly compared Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. to Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. . ``To compare this monster terrorist to anyone is cruel, but to compare him to Chief Parks - who has given 36 years of exemplary public service to all races, colors, creeds and sexes - is inexcusable,'' the coalition declared. As reported in Rick Orlov's Tipoff column in the Daily News on Monday, Zine referred to the chief as ``Osama bin Parks'' during a Police Academy fund-raiser. Zine said he was referring to the chief's dispute with officers who want to wear an American flag lapel pin A lapel pin is a small pin often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket. Lapel pins can be purely ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause; for example, American Flag lapel pins became very popular in the United States, especially among on their uniforms. ``I do respect the chief,'' Zine said. ``I was just trying to make a joke about how he gets at odds with the troops over little things, like this lapel flag thing.'' Zine and Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City have asked the Police Commission president to reconsider a decision allowing officers to wear only one design of American flag pins.
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