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- Dec. 28, 1992: Lessons in L.A. Law
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Dec. 28, 1992 What Does Science Tell Us About God?
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- THE WEEK, Page 13
- NATION
- Lessons in L.A. Law
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- <p>New violence shows that tensions are high but the cops are ready
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- <p> The most livid scar from last spring's riots in South Central
- Los Angeles, the intersection of Florence and Normandie where
- the videotaped beating of truck driver Reginald Denny took
- place, was lacerated anew last Monday. What started as a
- peaceful demonstration for the "L.A. 4," still awaiting trial
- for the Denny beating, degenerated into a melee of brick and
- bottle throwing that injured 12. This time, however, the
- L.A.P.D. piled in immediately. Three hundred officers in riot
- gear made 55 swift arrests, overwhelming the disorder. With both
- the Denny case and the Rodney King case coming up in February
- and March, odds are that L.A. police will continue to come down
- as hard and fast as they did last week. "On a scale of 1 to 10,"
- police chief Willie Williams estimated, "I give us a 9."
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