Richardson Calls For Federal Probe Of LA Police For Attacks At Immigration Rally

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Thursday, May 3, 2007, 03:06 PM



Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico called Thursday for a federal investigation into the response of Los Angeles police officers during immigration demonstrations earlier this week.

“I’m troubled by the disturbing images of officers going after people who posed absolutely no threat to them, including women, young people, even news reporters and photographers - striking them with batons, shoving and kicking them for no apparent reason,” Richardson said in a statement issued in Santa Fe.

Richardson, who is seeking to become the first Hispanic elected president, said an independent federal probe is “the only way that the community will have confidence in the results of the investigation.”

Richardson, a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, said the history of problems within the Los Angeles Police Department “does not inspire confidence in an internal review.”


http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2007/05/03/richardson_call.html

[meldroc]

1. It would be nice if the feds didn't have foxes in the henhouse.

I remember a day with the people in charge of civil rights enforcement in the DoJ and elsewhere in the federal government was actually fighting for civil rights instead of against it.

The Bushies in there now will whitewash the whole thing.

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6. we need to hold THEM accountable as well

[babylonsister]

2. Good! This needs to happen; the cops were WAY out of line. nt

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8. just awful

They should have to be responsible for the folks they were striking. Just because they were in riot gear they apparently thought they had the right to beat the folks there.

[bullimiami]

3. a federal probe. what a joke. this justice dept would find the protestors at fault. of course.

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5. fortunately folks are smarter than to just assume the govt. will do nothing about the police

and not demand they act.

[High Plains]

4. Good on Richardson! Rein in those thugs in blue.

Has any other Democratic politician spoken up about this police riot?

[bigtree]

7. good question