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...there would be no new taxes, but the government enacted stiff "unity surcharges" on income taxes last year. He promised to control inflation, the economic hobgoblin of postwar Germany, yet it is running higher than 4%. Last week Kohl seemed to misread the public mood, blithely dismissing the labor unrest as "no real crisis...
...high-ranking officer to clarify issues such as the chain of command in anticipation of the King verdict. The day before the rioting, Gates had confidently assured city officials that the police were prepared for anything. Even now he insists he had reviewed detailed plans for dealing with civil unrest with his commanding officers. But none of these purported preparations were visible once the rioting started. In fact, it seemed as if there was no plan at all. As law-enforcement expert Charles Beene, a retired San Francisco police captain, explains, "You must have plans in place: upwardly escalating...
...anyway, chanting "Go Home" or "No Justice." In response, Bush delivered a many-sided message. "Just wanton lawlessness," he said, viewing the twisted skeletons of washers and dryers in a torched laundromat. But he also told police officers that he wanted to "get at the root cause" of the unrest, and he promised federal help in rebuilding Los Angeles -- while yet remarking that "dumping largesse" from Washington on the community was not the answer. Sturdier values are needed, said the President, and the Federal Government cannot teach youths how to tell right from wrong...
...demonstrations was Chamlong Srimuang, a retired general and former governor of Bangkok who heads the opposition Palang Dharma party. A Buddhist, Chamlong announced that he would fast unto death to force Suchinda to resign. That vow sparked the antigovernment rallies. Suchinda fought back by accusing critics of promoting social unrest and declaring that he would resign only if his coalition suffered a parliamentary defeat. Suchinda's defiance was undermined, however, when his five-party coalition, clearly shaken by events, agreed to four constitutional amendments, including one that would require the Prime Minister to be an elected member of parliament...
According to one community source, commanding officers were allegedly told at a preverdict meeting not to react too quickly to disturbances. Sources speculate that the order may have been given because of concern that a heavy police presence too soon would provoke even more unrest...