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...members acquitted the cops accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney King, the defense strategy in Albany is plain: say the cops were justified, and blame the victim. Talk about the fear that enveloped the four members of the ?lite street-crimes unit, each armed with a Glock semiautomatic pistol loaded with 16 bullets, as they confronted Diallo, 22, a street vendor who stood all of 5-foot-6 and weighed 150 lbs. And about his supposed resemblance to a sexual predator suspected of raping more than 50 women. And the fact that Diallo, who hailed from the African nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Diallo Trial, a Mother's Burdensome Vigil | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...possible." After Combs came out, the couple got into the rear seat of a 1999 Lincoln Navigator owned by his record company, which sped away past a police cruiser with flashing lights and through several red lights. When police stopped the car they reportedly found a 9-mm semiautomatic pistol on the floor of the front seat. They arrested Combs, his bodyguard, his driver and Lopez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arrested Development | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

Questions remain. If the pistol in the car was found in the front seat, why were back seat passengers Lopez and Combs arrested? Police say it's procedure. Another uncertainty: cops claim witnesses saw Combs with a gun; but since Lopez wasn't fingered by witnesses, why was she held? A source close to Lopez says the actress feels that "the way the police handled this was inappropriate. She could have been quickly cleared and released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arrested Development | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

...real key to Lara's success, says Smith, is that she's the first female protagonist in a field filled with muscle-rippled, machine gun-toting macho caricatures like Duke Nukem or the Terminator. Cartoonish features aside, Lara is intelligent, agile and handy with a pistol or two. "She's strong willed and independent," Smith says. He pauses, then adds, "like the Spice Girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Behind Lara Croft | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...shown with her M-16, whose recommendation that "teachers should be encouraged to have guns" earned the animus of 52: "When I read that, I had to scream." "Bochard's pathological relationship with her weapon makes me hope there are no little children who call her Mommy." "Pistol-packing pedagogues can teach the four Rs: readin', 'ritin', 'rithmetic and 'rmed response." "Instead of sending a disruptive student to the principal, the teacher could just shoot him in the kneecap." "Hey, Lisa! Get rid of the gun, get help and get a life!" CHOICE EPITHETS FOR TIME'S STAFF FROM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patrick Smith's Mailbag | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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