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nr LWsXnrffiri-
Acti vist Seeks SIMfflion
in LAPD Rights Gase-
t By CRAIG QUINTANA% Times Staff Writer
Political activist Michael Zinzun
filed a $1-million claim against the
Los Angeles Police Department on
" Thursday, charging that informa- •
lion about him was illegally gathered and disbursed by police while
he waa running for office in Pasadena.'
Zinzun said police and city officials covered up on investigation of .
the February incident, which ended with Police Chief Daryl F. Gates
verbally reprimanding Assistant
Chief Robert L. Vernon.
The claim alleges that Zinzun'a
privacy, his civil rights and the
terms of a previous court ruling
barring police from spying on lawful citizens were violated.
The claim, which also names
Gates snd Vernon, is a prelude to
"filing a lawsuit The city has 45
days to act after which a lawsuit
can be filed under state law.
Asked about the claim, Gates
insisted that Vernon did not take
any_. sensitive, information about
Zinzun from police intelligence
files. Rather, he said, the data came
from a non-classified computer
data base that consists mainly of
electronic versions of newspaper
and magazipe articles.
"1 don't blame Zinzun for not
believing me because I would never believe anything Zinzun ever
had to say," Gates said.
He acknowledged, however, that
the computer terminal through
which Vernon received the information has been moved from the
anti-terrorist division and will be
relocated in the office of Cmdr.
William Booth, Gates' spokesman.
In February, Vernon was rebuked by Gales after his use of the
computer lo gather data on Zinzun,
a former Black Panther who in
March waged his third unsuccessful campaign for Pasadena's Board
of Directors Zinzun blamed his
defeal partially on the incident.
Data for Rivals
Gates has said Vernon, a Pasadena resident, had printed out from
the computer 156 pages of data for
Zinzun'i political rivals. Gates said
he intervened before Vernon could
deliver the information. Department regulations prohibit personnel from using police resources for
anything but official business.
Zinzun, a member of the Coalition Against Police Abuse, was a
key figure in the 1983 dismantling-
of the department's Public Disorder
Intelligence Division, which had
illegally spied and kept intelligence
files on hundreds of citizens.
Some of those files had been
removed by a PDID detective who
channeled the data to an ultra-
right-wing group. In 1983. the city
settled the suit for $1.8 million, and
the PDID was replaced by the
Anti-Terrorist Division.
Zinzun and his attorney. Dan
Stormer. said they believe the data
Vernon requested Included police
Intelligence not In the public domain.
The City Council called for an
investigation by the Police Com
mission, the department's civilian
review board.
Booth said the issue was handled
by the commission in executive
session "to the satisfaction of everyone :. /oWed," including the
interested council members.
A spokesman for Councilman
Robert Farrell, who originally
called for the investigation, aald the
council had asked for a report but
had not set a deadline.
Zinzun a yw ago agreed to a
$1.2-million settlement with the
Pasadena police over a 1986 incident at a housing complex in
northwest Pasadena, which lefl
him permanently blind in one eye.
Timet atsff writer David Freed
contributed to rhia ertkie.
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. 231 |
| 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 | nr LWsXnrffiri- Acti vist Seeks SIMfflion in LAPD Rights Gase- t By CRAIG QUINTANA% Times Staff Writer Political activist Michael Zinzun filed a $1-million claim against the Los Angeles Police Department on " Thursday, charging that informa- • lion about him was illegally gathered and disbursed by police while he waa running for office in Pasadena.' Zinzun said police and city officials covered up on investigation of . the February incident, which ended with Police Chief Daryl F. Gates verbally reprimanding Assistant Chief Robert L. Vernon. The claim alleges that Zinzun'a privacy, his civil rights and the terms of a previous court ruling barring police from spying on lawful citizens were violated. The claim, which also names Gates snd Vernon, is a prelude to "filing a lawsuit The city has 45 days to act after which a lawsuit can be filed under state law. Asked about the claim, Gates insisted that Vernon did not take any_. sensitive, information about Zinzun from police intelligence files. Rather, he said, the data came from a non-classified computer data base that consists mainly of electronic versions of newspaper and magazipe articles. "1 don't blame Zinzun for not believing me because I would never believe anything Zinzun ever had to say," Gates said. He acknowledged, however, that the computer terminal through which Vernon received the information has been moved from the anti-terrorist division and will be relocated in the office of Cmdr. William Booth, Gates' spokesman. In February, Vernon was rebuked by Gales after his use of the computer lo gather data on Zinzun, a former Black Panther who in March waged his third unsuccessful campaign for Pasadena's Board of Directors Zinzun blamed his defeal partially on the incident. Data for Rivals Gates has said Vernon, a Pasadena resident, had printed out from the computer 156 pages of data for Zinzun'i political rivals. Gates said he intervened before Vernon could deliver the information. Department regulations prohibit personnel from using police resources for anything but official business. Zinzun, a member of the Coalition Against Police Abuse, was a key figure in the 1983 dismantling- of the department's Public Disorder Intelligence Division, which had illegally spied and kept intelligence files on hundreds of citizens. Some of those files had been removed by a PDID detective who channeled the data to an ultra- right-wing group. In 1983. the city settled the suit for $1.8 million, and the PDID was replaced by the Anti-Terrorist Division. Zinzun and his attorney. Dan Stormer. said they believe the data Vernon requested Included police Intelligence not In the public domain. The City Council called for an investigation by the Police Com mission, the department's civilian review board. Booth said the issue was handled by the commission in executive session "to the satisfaction of everyone :. /oWed," including the interested council members. A spokesman for Councilman Robert Farrell, who originally called for the investigation, aald the council had asked for a report but had not set a deadline. Zinzun a yw ago agreed to a $1.2-million settlement with the Pasadena police over a 1986 incident at a housing complex in northwest Pasadena, which lefl him permanently blind in one eye. Timet atsff writer David Freed contributed to rhia ertkie. |
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