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Old 12-04-2010, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles area
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Here is a well-researched and fascinating book: L.A. Noir by John Buntin (2009). It tells of the LAPD from its beginning up to 1991, focusing on two main characters - police reformer and chief William Parker and mobster Mickey Cohen - who are both interesting people in their own right. Buntin tells of the police career of Mayor Tom Bradley as well as the stories of various mayors and gangsters (in addition to Cohen). Various Hollywood personalities had ties, or at least friendships, with the mob. Before World War II (and maybe a bit after), the LAPD itself was corrupt, and the L.A. Sheriff's Department even worse. If you are at all interested in this subject, I predict the book will not disappoint.
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Old 12-04-2010, 04:30 PM
 
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I have that book. I read it everyday. The history is fascinating.
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Old 12-04-2010, 10:43 PM
 
Location: Retired in Malibu/La Quinta/Flagstaff
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My dad lived through three decades of the LAPD and so have I.
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Old 12-04-2010, 10:57 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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The street I lived on in Inglewood as a small child was wall-to-wall Inglewood cops and fire. Interesting parties, as I recall.
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Old 12-04-2010, 11:02 PM
 
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Old 12-04-2010, 11:09 PM
 
Location: San Antonio Texas
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Here is a well-researched and fascinating book: L.A. Noir by John Buntin (2009). It tells of the LAPD from its beginning up to 1991, focusing on two main characters - police reformer and chief William Parker and mobster Mickey Cohen - who are both interesting people in their own right. Buntin tells of the police career of Mayor Tom Bradley as well as the stories of various mayors and gangsters (in addition to Cohen). Various Hollywood personalities had ties, or at least friendships, with the mob. Before World War II (and maybe a bit after), the LAPD itself was corrupt, and the L.A. Sheriff's Department even worse. If you are at all interested in this subject, I predict the book will not disappoint.
I've always heard that they were VERY racist.
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Old 12-05-2010, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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All that would have never happened if he had complied with the officers' orders. And, during the riots, King is made out to sound like the 1990s version of John Lennon.
July 27, 1987: According to a complaint filed by his wife, King beat her while she was sleeping, then dragged her outside the house and beat her again. King was charged with battery and pleaded "no contest." He was placed on probation and ordered to obtain counseling. He never got the counseling.

November 3, 1989: King, brandishing a tire iron, King swung the rack at the clerk and fled the store with $200. King was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, and intent to commit great bodily injury. In a plea agreement, King pleaded guilty to the robbery charge and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but was paroled on December 27, 1990.
The Arrest of Rodney King on March 3, 1991
March 3, 1991: After being seen speeding on the 210 freeway by CHP officers, King led them on a chase at speeds estimated at up to 110 to 115 mph. When finally stopped, King refused requests to get into the prone position and appeared to charge one of the officers. He was beaten and arrested. King was charged with felony evading. Charges were later dropped.
King's 3/3/91 Arrest Record
King's Trouble with the Law After March 3, 1991
May 11, 1991: King was pulled over for having an excessively tinted windshield. Although King was driving without a license and his car registration had expired, King was not charged.

May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to kill him. No charges were filed.

June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had hit her and she feared for her life.

July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.

August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty day to an alcohol treatment center. He was also convicted on the DUI charge and ordered to perform twenty days of community service.

May 21, 1995: King was arrested for DUI while on a trip to Pennsylvania. King failed field sobriety tests, but refused to submit to a blood test. He was tried and acquitted.

July 14, 1995: King got into an argument with his wife while he was driving, pulled off the freeway and ordered her out of the car. When she started to get out, King sped off, leaving her on the highway with a bruised arm. King was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (his car), reckless driving, spousal abuse, and hit-and-run. King was tried on all four charges, but found guilty only of hit-and-run driving.

March 3, 1999: King allegedly injured the sixteen-year-old girl that he had fathered out of wedlock when he was seventeen, as well as the girl's mother. King was arrested for injuring the woman, the girl, and for vandalizing property. King claimed that the incident was simply "a family misunderstanding."

September 29, 2001: King was arrested for indecent exposure and use of the hallucinogenic drug PCP.
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The Arrest Record of Rodney King
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Old 12-05-2010, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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He deserved that whoopin.
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Old 12-05-2010, 07:52 PM
 
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Here is a well-researched and fascinating book: L.A. Noir by John Buntin (2009). It tells of the LAPD from its beginning up to 1991, focusing on two main characters - police reformer and chief William Parker and mobster Mickey Cohen - who are both interesting people in their own right. Buntin tells of the police career of Mayor Tom Bradley as well as the stories of various mayors and gangsters (in addition to Cohen). Various Hollywood personalities had ties, or at least friendships, with the mob. Before World War II (and maybe a bit after), the LAPD itself was corrupt, and the L.A. Sheriff's Department even worse. If you are at all interested in this subject, I predict the book will not disappoint.
I'd love to read that book.
LAPD corruption continued LONG after WW2, the force really wasn't totally cleaned up until Bratton came along.
My family told me plenty of stories about Parker's LAPD, none of them complementary. I give Parker credit for working the media to his advantage but the reality was a whole other thing entirely based on what I've read and heard.
Does the book talk about Eddie Nash at all? John Rosseli? Sidney Korshak?
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