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...Rodney King beating. One portion of the report called for "a new standard of accountability," and predicted that "ugly incidents will not diminish until ranking officers know they will be held responsible for what happens in their sector, whether or not they personally participate." Yet despite LAPD commissioner Bernard Parks' 1998 announcement that the department had met all of the Christopher Report's recommendations, the new report concludes that "regardless of the source, complaints all seemed to be viewed as recalcitrant [sic], and allegations [are still] not taken seriously." It also says that a complaints tracking system created...
...George Bernard Shaw once penned, "This writing of plays is a great matter," and nothing could be more the case at a Canadian theater festival named in his honor. The Shaw Festival will stage eight plays from March 31 through Nov. 11 in its three theaters in Niagara-on-the-Lake, on the Ontario peninsula, just 20 miles from the falls. Two are by G.B.S.--The Doctor's Dilemma and The Apple Cart--and the rest are by Luigi Pirandello, J.B. Priestley, Noel Coward and Oscar Wilde. Highlights of the repertory season this year include adaptations of Lord...
...disturbing as the degree to which fabricating incriminating evidence seems to have been part of Rampart's routine. The L.A.P.D. has sent 50 investigators to every prison in the state--and as far as South America--to track down those framed. But so far L.A.P.D. Chief Bernard Parks has asked for charges to be filed against only three officers, insisting Perez's claim of 70 officers involved is too high. (Eleven officers are on leave.) A police board of inquiry is expected to urge reforms, including improved background checks and polygraphs for police applicants, and sting operations to make sure...
...CITY BY BERNARD TSCHUMI...
...Bernard Tschumi is dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture and head of Bernard Tschumi Architects...