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...seem strange that a white boy from the suburbs of Los Angeles would find strength in a song that was born out of the African Diaspora. My ancestors did not come to America on slave ships. They were not threatened, lynched, or discriminated against because of the color of their skin. They did not sing Negro spirituals...
...while personal service is the name of the game for well-heeled travelers, some hotels are testing new and revolutionary high-tech services. Wireless Internet connections are nothing new, but how about ordering a sandwich from your poolside lounge chair without having to summon a waiter? The W Los Angeles will test a service in June that allows guests to place an order for food, drinks, late checkout or anything else via touch-screen technology on pool furniture. Once the order is placed, it is wirelessly transmitted to the desired destination and someone delivers the requested item right...
...Los Angeles police in riot gear swung batons and fired foam-rubber bullets at peaceful demonstrators, working journalists and a small group of agitators in MacArthur Park, Chief William Bratton was basically awaiting a rubber stamp on his application for reappointment...
...with video images of that shocking use of force at the May Day immigration rally broadcast around the globe and transmitted widely over the Internet, Bratton suddenly finds himself working hard to make sure his record of reform and chances for a second term at the helm of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) don't become casualties of the infamous fracas, now known as the May Day melee. "It was a throwback to Rodney King-like times," says Merrick Bobb, a former special counsel to the civilian L.A. Police Commission who nonetheless vigorously backs Bratton. Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles...
...Los Angeles presented its own unique challenges. The city was plagued by gang violence, simmering racial tensions and a sordid history of police misconduct. The department was, and still is, under federal supervision to mind its civil rights Ps and Qs as part of a 2001 consent decree following the scandal involving an LAPD anti-gang unit in the Rampart division, whose cops committed acts of corruption and brutality...