An Embattled Police Department
Under fire: In the wake of the Rodney G. King incident, critics demanded that Chief Daryl F. Gates resign, accusing him of having tolerated racism and brutality in his 13 years at the helm of the Los Angeles Police Department. Gates denied the charges. A county grand jury indicted four (at right) of the more than two dozen law enforcement officers at the scene of the beating on charges of assault and excessive force.
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