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Authors: Joe Domanick

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Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing (81 page)

Urban Peace Academy (UPA),
310
,
316
–17,
320
–21,
330

US Justice Department (USJD),
214

Vannatter, Philip,
161
–63

Vernon, Robert,
18
,
20
–21

Vicencio, Jesse,
131
–32

Villaraigosa, Antonio,
300
,
308
–10,
314
,
321

Wall Street Journal
,
292
,
332

Walters, Barbara,
235

Wambaugh, Joseph,
60
–62

Wardlaw, William,
145
–46,
216
–17

Wasserman, Bob,
236

watchdog groups,
165
,
303
,
305

Watkins, Brian,
39
–40,
255

Watts neighborhood

Beck, Charlie and,
69
,
116
,
202

drugs and,
48
–49,
51

Gannon, Patrick and,
275

gangs and,
50
,
77
,
116
–17,
285

L.A. riots and,
54
,
58
–59,
75

Parks, Bernard and,
122
–23

South Bureau and,
274
–75

Watts Community Action Committee,
59

Watts Gang Task Force,
285

Watts Riots,
10
–11,
13
,
21
,
26
,
49
,
54
,
62
,
100

Yamaki, Mike and,
58
–59

see also
Jordan Downs; Nickerson Gardens

Webb, Jack,
28
,
65

Weisberg, Stanley,
4

Weisburd, David L.,
283

White, Jack,
62

Will, George,
25

Williams, Willie

background,
108
–9

Bratton, Bill and,
223
,
235
,
237
–38,
241
,
254

Brewer, Jesse and,
147

crime rates under,
313

Dotson, David and,
141
–42

Eide, Richard and,
175
–77

failures of,
178
–80,
234
,
327

first impression of,
118
–20

gangs and,
299

Gates, Daryl and,
91
–96,
161

Greenebaum, Gary and,
147
–49

Las Vegas and,
158
–60

Mack, David and,
133

Mader, Katherine and,
164
–66,
199
–200

McBride, Tim and,
178

Parks, Bernard and,
123
–25,
183
–85,
197
,
201
–2

Philadephia PD and,
111
–15

public approval,
139
–40

resentment toward,
120
–22

Riordan, Richard and,
142
–43,
314

selection as commissioner,
104
–6

Sheinbaum, Stanley and,
114

Simpson, O. J. and,
161
–63,
166

Tucker, Kevin and,
114
–15

Wardlaw, William and,
146

Wilson, James Q.,
45

Wilson, Pete,
54
,
76

Windham, Thomas,
22

Wire, The
(TV series),
280

Wooden, John,
101

Woodle, Curtis,
70
–73,
78
–79,
124
,
195
–97,
320
,
346

Yamaki, Mike

Brewer, Jesse and,
101

De Los Reyes, Anthony and,
85

Gates, Daryl and,
106
–7

L.A. riots and,
58
–59

as police commissioner,
46
–47

Williams, Willie and,
104
,
121

Yorty, “Mayor Sam,”
12

Young Professionals for Kennedy,
232

Zimring, Frank,
168

Zoot Suit riots,
123

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Domanick, Joe.

Blue : the ruin and redemption of the LAPD / Joe Domanick

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department. 2. Police—California—Los Angeles—History. 3. Police misconduct—California—Los Angeles—History. 4. Police administration—California—Los Angeles—History. 5. Criminal justice, Administration of—California—Los Angeles—History.

I. Title.

HV8148.L7D657 2015

363.209794'94—dc23

2015018052

ISBN 978-1-4516-4107-3

ISBN 978-1-4516-4111-0 (ebook)

Table of Contents

Epigraph

Key Players

Author’s Note

PART ONE SOMETHING OLD