I think it is devastating to the image
of the city and especially to our Police
Department it’s very apparent that some
not all but some of those officers are
clearly out of control and they have to
ultimately be willing to take a good
hard look at the leadership of the
department mr. president all of us I
think have been stunned by what has
happened and I can’t imagine that the
chief or anybody else in the city would
condone the kind of conversation that
took place both electronically and by
voice in that Foothill division that
night blacks are not animals they’re not
lizards they’re not Apes they’re not
gorillas any more than any of us are
they’re human beings the first way to
open the door to brutalizing people in
anyone any place is to cheapen their
worth as human beings and when I read
the transcripts of the conversation I
was appalled but the ability to freely
converse in racist terminology suggests
a level of tolerance for that kind of
discussion that that is unacceptable by
any standard of decency well first of
all this is a department that this
council has supported over and over
again this is a Police Department that
has supported you each of you and I just
tell you this if you don’t speak out on
behalf of the men and women Los Angeles
Police Department of theirs serve the
people this city well if you don’t do
that at this crucial moment in our
history now I’m going to tell you you’re
gonna have a police department that is
not going to be the kind of department
that you want the kind of apartment that
people deserve mr. Wu thank you I want
to know did you mean that as a threat in
other words that if if if I or other
members of the council are going to be
criticizing you or the department are
saying that you will will withhold
support of these services to fight crime
in our districts that is the most
insulting thing I have heard on this
council floor and all the time I’ve been
here and I’ve been here a lot longer
than you’ve been alive absolutely not
it’s a professional organization what do
you think we are
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of the city and especially to our Police
Department it’s very apparent that some
not all but some of those officers are
clearly out of control and they have to
ultimately be willing to take a good
hard look at the leadership of the
department mr. president all of us I
think have been stunned by what has
happened and I can’t imagine that the
chief or anybody else in the city would
condone the kind of conversation that
took place both electronically and by
voice in that Foothill division that
night blacks are not animals they’re not
lizards they’re not Apes they’re not
gorillas any more than any of us are
they’re human beings the first way to
open the door to brutalizing people in
anyone any place is to cheapen their
worth as human beings and when I read
the transcripts of the conversation I
was appalled but the ability to freely
converse in racist terminology suggests
a level of tolerance for that kind of
discussion that that is unacceptable by
any standard of decency well first of
all this is a department that this
council has supported over and over
again this is a Police Department that
has supported you each of you and I just
tell you this if you don’t speak out on
behalf of the men and women Los Angeles
Police Department of theirs serve the
people this city well if you don’t do
that at this crucial moment in our
history now I’m going to tell you you’re
gonna have a police department that is
not going to be the kind of department
that you want the kind of apartment that
people deserve mr. Wu thank you I want
to know did you mean that as a threat in
other words that if if if I or other
members of the council are going to be
criticizing you or the department are
saying that you will will withhold
support of these services to fight crime
in our districts that is the most
insulting thing I have heard on this
council floor and all the time I’ve been
here and I’ve been here a lot longer
than you’ve been alive absolutely not
it’s a professional organization what do
you think we are
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