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Three of the men, Los Angeles police department officers Theodore Briseno, Timothy Wind and Laurence Powell, were charged with willfully using unreasonable force. A second count accuses Sergeant Stacey Koon, the supervising officer at the scene, of failing to prevent the assault. The trial date will be set at their arraignment hearing...
Even the military, once an honorable way out of the 'hood, has gradually closed its doors to all but the most qualified applicants, which usually excludes gang members. "There are a hell of a lot of gang members that would like to get out," says Sergeant Wes McBride of the Los Angeles County sheriff's department. "But there are not a lot of social programs out there to help them." For a 14-year-old living in a housing project run by a gang, it doesn't cut it to plead a hectic schedule when the guys come knocking...
...sergeant at arms for the U.S. House of Representatives, Jack Russ was any Congressman's best friend. For nearly 25 years he doled out pork, fixed parking tickets and covered bad checks at the House bank. But when the bank's irregularities came to light, Russ resigned, making himself ineligible for a $70,000-a-year pension -- at least until Representative Mervyn Dymally of California put Russ back on the payroll as his "adviser." Now Russ can get full health benefits and his pension...
...Daniel Howard last week ordered a service-wide stand-down so that all personnel can devote a full day to sexual-harassment training. And on Capitol Hill four women recounted tales of sexual harassment to a Senate panel. Jacqueline Ortiz, an Army reservist, told of being "forcibly sodomized" by Sergeant David Martinez while serving in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. When she reported the attack to her superiors, she was ignored. Last week the Army belatedly charged Martinez with sexual assault...
...made females in uniform question their handling of aberrant behavior in the past. One Air Force captain recalls overlooking a minor incident years back. The man got promoted and continued to bother other women. Now she thinks maybe she should have made a little noise. An Air Force staff sergeant recalls a military doctor who used to pat the buttocks and breasts of many female patients, regardless of their ailment. As for the men, they stand divided. One Navy ensign has little sympathy. "A lot of women," he says, "bring it on themselves." Air Force Sergeant Bradley Ahrensfield...