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17w. follawlng . 1dta' war. unt to memben cf the IM • Altgela PoUce Commlulolt to brl1't If' their allOllion tM d/scrlmlnaliOll again.rt gay me11 by the LAPD. Ordinarily Vanguard does not pllblish 1111S1~ letten. but qfter q¥Qklng with tM author. Va1tguanl fe/J that an I ~~Ill f1!der.-r- I J am a wi:D.io py male who bu leell police power- med in lhockina ways. I was l afraid IO report the abuses Chea. and I am afraid now, which is why dlia letter 'is ~ beina written ancoymoosly. I I And it shoo.Id be noted here that all the policemen involved in these incidents were white. l Whilo few of these i,nci-deots involved actual physi- . cal bnitality. t'hey certainly demonstrate the mind-set of I many of LA. •a "finest ... These are people who should , have hem weeded out dur-ing tnt.ining through ~cbo- ' ~eol.BITEQ,pmge 10 I 10/PartWApril 19, 199J LETI'ERS with me, still with lhe spot· camimld f'roal.ptp9 li-ibt oa. burst out lm&bing. logical evahiatioa: and drove off rapidly. Nam- • Once, whea I cbao,ged rally. when they tu.med onto jobs, l celebrated too much a side stree.t. they ignored and was arrested for Driving the red stop sign and just Under the lntluence. At the drove oo through. Tlieir lltatioo, whea they took. my humor was based oo their possessiODS, I counted out power. my money, putting it ill • One night around 4 a.m. I piles of tens, fives, and was waiting for a bus OD singles. My receipt said oaly 'SUD!lllt Boulevud. oo the "mooey,'' an unspecified IOUthwesl comer. The oaly amount. The oext mOrnini other per80CI ~ wu an when I was released, there African-America, crossing l ~ DO tens, only two from the nbrtbeast IO the fives, and all my singles. I southeast corner. ~ squad was too afra.id IO pursue the car pulled up IO him. I cou.ld matter. DO( bear what Ibey said, bul ' At a Sizzler Restaurant in it was evident to me that the Hollywood, I was oext in black man was cooperating. 1 .lioe after two policemen. He pulled out his wallet -One of them gave their order from his back pocket and to the employee, adding, banded it to ooe of the offi· •• And it better be done right ~. Ooe by ooe, the polic:oor I'll put some boles in. the man took out the cards from c:eilina." or itself, it seems !be walld and dropped them minor, but it's one more , into the ,wter. One by one piece in the mosaic. · Ibey made their victim pick • While oo a bus dorina a them up. They bandCUffed traffic jam, I saw a black 'him and put him in the back man running from four ~ seat. Ooe of them crossed lice. I don't mow why they tbe street to me md asked. were after him, but be "Are you a friend of his?" dropped to the ground be- I said no. He said, " Good," fore the officers caught up. returned to their squad car, Be bad bis bands over his md they drove off. I was too face and was curled up in the scared to report it. fetal position, offering no • Once the police pulled me resistance. When the officers over for speeding. It was a were alongside of him, two deserted road in Highland ! 10f them started beating him Paik, about 10 p.m. The with their wooden clubs. I officen were very· cordial. was too afraid to report it. Ooe questiooed me while· the • I was robbed at iuxipoint other went back to their car once when workin& in a gay to nm a "make" on me. restaurant. The police at· When be ret:umed be was rived fairly promptly, and still pleasant; but be said, they were polite. But one of "So you thinlc there should them got a call on what I be a civilian review board illCSS was a walkie-tallcie, for the police department, and be said to bis partner, hub?" I explained that I bad "We've got to hurry. A atttt>ded one of the activists' couple of niggers just broke meetings and never relUmed into an office," and be ·(Now, of course, I wish 1 named a nearby street. Yes, bad.) Bui that was informa· they were polite to me, but I lion that should never have can imagine what they said been on my "make." I bad after they left. signed in on the meetir:\g's • 1 was driving home from roster, so obviously someHigbland Park one very one who bad access to it was dark, late night. The street acting as a spy for the powas deserted except for me, lice. But what was political until a squad car pulled in information doing oo my behind me. The officers driving record? I was loo signaled me, with their bli· afraid to do anything. nding spotlight, to pull I sincerely hope s'ensitivity over. I followed their direc· training bas improved - but lions, wondering what I'd I doubt it. - ,.. " done. They drove up parallel And I'm still afraid.
Object Description
Title | Correspondence: complaints against Gates & LAPD (1 of 2), 1978-04-03 - 1991-06-14 |
Description | Correspondence: complaints against Gates & LAPD (1 of 2), 1978 April 3 - 1991 June 14. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
Coverage date | 1990-04-17; 1991-03-14; 1991-03-28; 1991-04-02; 1991-04-03; 1991-04-10; 1991-04-12; 1991-05-02; 1991-05-13; 1991-05-14; 1991-05-15; 1991-05-17; 1991-05-20; 1991-05-24; 1991-06-02; 1991-06-04; 1991-06-07; 1991-06-10; 1991-06-14 |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
Date created | 1990-04-17; 1991-03-14; 1991-03-28; 1991-04-02; 1991-04-03; 1991-04-10; 1991-04-12; 1991-05-02; 1991-05-14; 1991-05-15; 1991-05-17; 1991-05-20; 1991-05-24; 1991-06-02; 1991-06-04; 1991-06-07; 1991-06-10; 1991-06-14 |
Date issued | 1978-04-03; 1991-03-12; 1991-04-01; 1991-04-19; 1991-04-24; 1991-05-31 |
Type |
texts images |
Format | 89 p. |
Format (aat) |
bills (legislative records) business cards correspondence circular letters correspondence clippings (information artifacts) envelopes clippings (information artifacts) correspondence envelopes faxes newsletters |
Format (imt) | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
Series | Independent Commission file list |
File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
Box and folder | box 22, folder 17 |
Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
Filename | indep-box22-17 |
Description
Title | Years of abuse, 1991-04-19 |
Description | Excessive force. "Years of abuse" Vanguard (1991 April 19): 9-10. In "Letters". |
Publisher (of the original version) | Vanguard |
Date issued | 1991-04-19 |
Type | texts |
Format | 2 p. |
Format (aat) | clippings (information artifacts) |
Format (imt) | application/pdf |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Series | Independent Commission file list |
File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
Box and folder | box 22, folder 17, item 7 |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Full text | 17w. follawlng . 1dta' war. unt to memben cf the IM • Altgela PoUce Commlulolt to brl1't If' their allOllion tM d/scrlmlnaliOll again.rt gay me11 by the LAPD. Ordinarily Vanguard does not pllblish 1111S1~ letten. but qfter q¥Qklng with tM author. Va1tguanl fe/J that an I ~~Ill f1!der.-r- I J am a wi:D.io py male who bu leell police power- med in lhockina ways. I was l afraid IO report the abuses Chea. and I am afraid now, which is why dlia letter 'is ~ beina written ancoymoosly. I I And it shoo.Id be noted here that all the policemen involved in these incidents were white. l Whilo few of these i,nci-deots involved actual physi- . cal bnitality. t'hey certainly demonstrate the mind-set of I many of LA. •a "finest ... These are people who should , have hem weeded out dur-ing tnt.ining through ~cbo- ' ~eol.BITEQ,pmge 10 I 10/PartWApril 19, 199J LETI'ERS with me, still with lhe spot· camimld f'roal.ptp9 li-ibt oa. burst out lm&bing. logical evahiatioa: and drove off rapidly. Nam- • Once, whea I cbao,ged rally. when they tu.med onto jobs, l celebrated too much a side stree.t. they ignored and was arrested for Driving the red stop sign and just Under the lntluence. At the drove oo through. Tlieir lltatioo, whea they took. my humor was based oo their possessiODS, I counted out power. my money, putting it ill • One night around 4 a.m. I piles of tens, fives, and was waiting for a bus OD singles. My receipt said oaly 'SUD!lllt Boulevud. oo the "mooey,'' an unspecified IOUthwesl comer. The oaly amount. The oext mOrnini other per80CI ~ wu an when I was released, there African-America, crossing l ~ DO tens, only two from the nbrtbeast IO the fives, and all my singles. I southeast corner. ~ squad was too afra.id IO pursue the car pulled up IO him. I cou.ld matter. DO( bear what Ibey said, bul ' At a Sizzler Restaurant in it was evident to me that the Hollywood, I was oext in black man was cooperating. 1 .lioe after two policemen. He pulled out his wallet -One of them gave their order from his back pocket and to the employee, adding, banded it to ooe of the offi· •• And it better be done right ~. Ooe by ooe, the polic:oor I'll put some boles in. the man took out the cards from c:eilina." or itself, it seems !be walld and dropped them minor, but it's one more , into the ,wter. One by one piece in the mosaic. · Ibey made their victim pick • While oo a bus dorina a them up. They bandCUffed traffic jam, I saw a black 'him and put him in the back man running from four ~ seat. Ooe of them crossed lice. I don't mow why they tbe street to me md asked. were after him, but be "Are you a friend of his?" dropped to the ground be- I said no. He said, " Good," fore the officers caught up. returned to their squad car, Be bad bis bands over his md they drove off. I was too face and was curled up in the scared to report it. fetal position, offering no • Once the police pulled me resistance. When the officers over for speeding. It was a were alongside of him, two deserted road in Highland ! 10f them started beating him Paik, about 10 p.m. The with their wooden clubs. I officen were very· cordial. was too afraid to report it. Ooe questiooed me while· the • I was robbed at iuxipoint other went back to their car once when workin& in a gay to nm a "make" on me. restaurant. The police at· When be ret:umed be was rived fairly promptly, and still pleasant; but be said, they were polite. But one of "So you thinlc there should them got a call on what I be a civilian review board illCSS was a walkie-tallcie, for the police department, and be said to bis partner, hub?" I explained that I bad "We've got to hurry. A atttt>ded one of the activists' couple of niggers just broke meetings and never relUmed into an office," and be ·(Now, of course, I wish 1 named a nearby street. Yes, bad.) Bui that was informa· they were polite to me, but I lion that should never have can imagine what they said been on my "make." I bad after they left. signed in on the meetir:\g's • 1 was driving home from roster, so obviously someHigbland Park one very one who bad access to it was dark, late night. The street acting as a spy for the powas deserted except for me, lice. But what was political until a squad car pulled in information doing oo my behind me. The officers driving record? I was loo signaled me, with their bli· afraid to do anything. nding spotlight, to pull I sincerely hope s'ensitivity over. I followed their direc· training bas improved - but lions, wondering what I'd I doubt it. - ,.. " done. They drove up parallel And I'm still afraid. |
Filename | indep-box22-17-07.pdf |
Archival file | Volume70/indep-box22-17-07.pdf |