Word: greenebaum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Williams keeps talking about reform,'' says Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, a former police commission president, "but I did not see him lift a finger to implement it." Greenebaum recently resigned to protest a scandal in which Williams accepted free lodging during five trips to Las Vegas, then lied about doing so. The city council backed Williams over Greenebaum's police commission, but Williams filed a claim against the city for leaking the report, then settled out of court--a shabby little sideshow to the O.J. spectacle...
...Greenebaum and others point to some signs of progress. The police chief, for example, is now limited to two five-year terms. And a new inspector general, who reports directly to the police commission, may offer much needed oversight. The A.C.L.U.'s Ripston notes that brutality complaints have dropped. (They were down to 1,506 last year, from 1,825 in 1993.) Williams' boosters say the L.A.P.D. is more sensitive because of him, but no one credibly argues that the core problem has been solved. L.A.'s cop culture still has room for arrogant "cowboys" who ride roughshod over...