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_ J-AT,yHl%2.| , . ,
Prior complaint named
officer in King beating
By Jaxon Van Derbeken
Daily News Staff Writer
PACOIMA — Three black students at Valley College accused a
Los Angeles police officer with
mistreating them, physically and
verbally, two weeks before the
same officer was identified as one
involved in the beating of Rodney Glenn King.
"I still have the scar on .my
wrist," said John Bray, 22, of
Lake View Terrace. He said he
took down Officer Laurence
Powell's badge number after a
Feb. 19 incident in which the officer repeatedly told him to shut
up, accused him of lying and
used his baton to force him to
kneel on the ground.
Bray said one of his companions attempted to file an abuse
complaint the day after the incident, but that a desk sergeant refused to accept the report.
Capt. Tim McBride, commander of the Foothill Division,
declined comment.
Powell was one of the three officers relieved of field duty following the beating of King, which
was captured in a home video.
That incident has focused nationwide attention on the LAPD's
use of force, police have said.
Bray said that he and three female friends were at a gas station
at Laurel Canyon Boulevard and
Osborne Street, where insults
traded by one of his friends and
another woman led to a fight between the two.
Powell and another officer
came to the gas station and immediately focused attention on
him and the black students' Bray
said.
"He came over and when we
started telling him our side, he
said 'Shut up, Shut up, I don't
want to hear it,' " Bray said.
Powell pulled out his baton and
ordered him to put his hands on
his head, he said.
"I asked why and he said *OK
pal, you're going to jail.' He
handcuffed and frisked me,"
Bray said.
Bray said he then complained
the handcuffs were too tight. "He
asked me my name, I told him
the handcuffs were too tight, I
told him that I was a citizen, I haven't done anything wrong."
Although Bray told the officer
that he was unable to kneel because of a football injury, the officer used his baton to force him
to kneel, Bray said.
,
.
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings (Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Times, Sentinel) and magazine articles (U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek) documenting Los Angeles Police Department misconduct under Chief Daryl F. Gates, 1978-1991, compiled by Irving Kessler and Lynn F. Kessler. Includes: Introduction, Contents, Excessive force, Rodney King, Mexican nationality, Civil rights, Property, Silence, Discrimination, Accountability, Gates intolerance, Recommendations. 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 | 1978/1991 |
| Creator |
Kessler, Irving, compiler Kessler, Lynn F., compiler |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times; L.A. Weekly; U.S. News & World Report; Los Angeles Daily News; New York Times; Newsweek; Sentinel |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Date issued | 1978/1991 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Format (aat) |
clippings (information artifacts) articles summaries |
| 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 23, folders 7-9 |
| 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-box23-07_09 |
Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991, p. 159 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | _ J-AT,yHl%2.| , . , Prior complaint named officer in King beating By Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer PACOIMA — Three black students at Valley College accused a Los Angeles police officer with mistreating them, physically and verbally, two weeks before the same officer was identified as one involved in the beating of Rodney Glenn King. "I still have the scar on .my wrist," said John Bray, 22, of Lake View Terrace. He said he took down Officer Laurence Powell's badge number after a Feb. 19 incident in which the officer repeatedly told him to shut up, accused him of lying and used his baton to force him to kneel on the ground. Bray said one of his companions attempted to file an abuse complaint the day after the incident, but that a desk sergeant refused to accept the report. Capt. Tim McBride, commander of the Foothill Division, declined comment. Powell was one of the three officers relieved of field duty following the beating of King, which was captured in a home video. That incident has focused nationwide attention on the LAPD's use of force, police have said. Bray said that he and three female friends were at a gas station at Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Osborne Street, where insults traded by one of his friends and another woman led to a fight between the two. Powell and another officer came to the gas station and immediately focused attention on him and the black students' Bray said. "He came over and when we started telling him our side, he said 'Shut up, Shut up, I don't want to hear it,' " Bray said. Powell pulled out his baton and ordered him to put his hands on his head, he said. "I asked why and he said *OK pal, you're going to jail.' He handcuffed and frisked me," Bray said. Bray said he then complained the handcuffs were too tight. "He asked me my name, I told him the handcuffs were too tight, I told him that I was a citizen, I haven't done anything wrong." Although Bray told the officer that he was unable to kneel because of a football injury, the officer used his baton to force him to kneel, Bray said. , . |
| Filename | indep-box23-08-01~11.tif |
| Archival file | Volume77/indep-box23-08-01~11.tif |
