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Larry Aubry & Hamid Khan: What to expect and demand from the new chief at LAPD

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2009-11-03 Hamid Larry Host Eric

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Hamid KhanEarlier today, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa named Charlie Beck as the new chief of LAPD, replacing the outgoing William Bratton. Bratton is being hailed as a hero reformer by politicians and the LA Times, but LAPD's record of racial profiling and repressive "quality-of-life" policing under his leadership has left civil rights activists and some communities angry and frustrated. What are the key areas to watch and the core demands that communitites of color and civil rights activists should bring to the new leadership at LAPD?

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