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...eyes of many outraged citizens in Los Angeles and elsewhere, responsibility for the beating rests with Chief Gates. Though he has rebuffed demands that he resign, a citizens' group last week began a push for a special election to undo what practically amounts to his lifetime appointment as leader of the nation's third largest police department. Almost unique among police chiefs, Gates cannot be dismissed by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, himself a former L.A.P.D. lieutenant, or by a five-member police commission, except "for cause" -- misconduct or willful neglect of duty...
This article was first published on June 7, 1990, only days after Bok announced that he would resign...
...think police chief Gates should resign over this incident...
...crew-cut career officer with a reputation as a law- and-order hard-liner, sat stonily through the 3 1/2-hour meeting. Though he had earlier declared himself sickened by the King beating, he said he was "very proud" of his 13-year tenure as L.A.P.D. chief and refused to resign. Said Gates: "I didn't invest 42 years of my life to go down the tubes over an incident that I had nothing to do with...
...fraud was uncovered when a high-tech deep-sea search found the scrap metal and concluded that the Lucona had been deliberately scuttled. Two former government ministers were forced to resign after being accused of involvement in the scandal. Proksch plans to appeal...