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JEarrell-Seeks-
Review of
Gates' Drug
"User Kemark
llyJANIirRITStli
mil % siaiI wkiii k
Los Angeles Cily Councilman
Hubert Furred suid Tuesday thul
he hus asked the Police Commission to review Police Chief Daryl
Gates' .statement lust week thul
casual drug users "ought to be
taken out und shot."
"We've got to cull him on thul,"
Farrell said. "This Is where we get
to the question of who really runs
lhe Police Department."
Farrell suid the commission, a
five-member civilian board ap-
- poiiilod cy th'xuuyor, has urlimaU?--
auihorily over the department und
should luke a stand on the mutter.
Gules first made the statement
last Wednesday at u Senule hearing in Wushinglon und reaffirmed
K two days later when questioned
by reporters in Los Angeles.
"Yeah! I mean it," Gates said.
Furrcll's Is the first official request thul Gates be called to tusk
for the remarks. Mayor Tom Brad-
Icy refused to comment on the
controversy last week and hus left
for a three-week trip to Kuropc.
In a letter to the Police Commission, FarreJI said. "The words are
1 shocking, the thoughts behind
them arc troublesome."
Gales' statement may encourage
police officers lo "push lhe limits of
-^rirauthorttyr^aTrcriTairrirnhe-
letter.
However. Farrell added that he
believes Gates Is "an able administrator" who warrants "praise and
commendation."
"Bui Chief Gates should be
called lo task for his recent stale-
ment*." Farrell wrote. "If the chief
'of police can say . . . casual drug
users should be shot to death, then
any police officer on the force can
make similar statements. Thai is
wrong."
Attempts to reach Police Commission members late Tuesday
were unsuccessful.
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. 344 |
| 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 | JEarrell-Seeks- Review of Gates' Drug "User Kemark llyJANIirRITStli mil % siaiI wkiii k Los Angeles Cily Councilman Hubert Furred suid Tuesday thul he hus asked the Police Commission to review Police Chief Daryl Gates' .statement lust week thul casual drug users "ought to be taken out und shot." "We've got to cull him on thul," Farrell said. "This Is where we get to the question of who really runs lhe Police Department." Farrell suid the commission, a five-member civilian board ap- - poiiilod cy th'xuuyor, has urlimaU?-- auihorily over the department und should luke a stand on the mutter. Gules first made the statement last Wednesday at u Senule hearing in Wushinglon und reaffirmed K two days later when questioned by reporters in Los Angeles. "Yeah! I mean it," Gates said. Furrcll's Is the first official request thul Gates be called to tusk for the remarks. Mayor Tom Brad- Icy refused to comment on the controversy last week and hus left for a three-week trip to Kuropc. In a letter to the Police Commission, FarreJI said. "The words are 1 shocking, the thoughts behind them arc troublesome." Gales' statement may encourage police officers lo "push lhe limits of -^rirauthorttyr^aTrcriTairrirnhe- letter. However. Farrell added that he believes Gates Is "an able administrator" who warrants "praise and commendation." "Bui Chief Gates should be called lo task for his recent stale- ment*." Farrell wrote. "If the chief 'of police can say . . . casual drug users should be shot to death, then any police officer on the force can make similar statements. Thai is wrong." Attempts to reach Police Commission members late Tuesday were unsuccessful. |
| Filename | indep-box23-09-03~25.tif |
| Archival file | Volume77/indep-box23-09-03~25.tif |
