Police Misconduct Georgia

From the start, it was clear that the gunfight last month at a downtown motorcycle shop was a highly unusual event. Plainclothed police officers burst in, guns already drawn, catching customers and employees by surprise. Gunfire erupted out of nowhere. When the shots subsided, an officer and another man lay wounded. One customer was dying. The officers said they thought a "suspicious" man they had been watching was robbing the shop.

From the start, it was clear that the gunfight last month at a downtown motorcycle shop was a highly unusual event. Plainclothed police officers burst in, guns already drawn, catching customers and employees by surprise. Gunfire erupted out of nowhere. When the shots subsided, an officer and another man lay wounded. One customer was dying. The officers said they thought a "suspicious" man they had been watching was robbing the shop.

Five police officers from metropolitan Atlanta have been implicated in a crime ring linked to a murder, an armed robbery and numerous burglaries. According to police in Clayton County, south of Atlanta, the officers may have had a common link through their interest in bodybuilding. Three officers have been charged with last month's murder of a man who owned a nude dance club. Two are from suburban Riverdale in Clayton County and one is from Fulton County, which embraces most of Atlanta.

Five police officers from metropolitan Atlanta have been implicated in a crime ring linked to a murder, an armed robbery and numerous burglaries. According to police in Clayton County, south of Atlanta, the officers may have had a common link through their interest in bodybuilding. Three officers have been charged with last month's murder of a man who owned a nude dance club. Two are from suburban Riverdale in Clayton County and one is from Fulton County, which embraces most of Atlanta.

LOS ANGELES Police Chief William J. Bratton has taken decisive steps following the MacArthur Park May Day melee in which the LAPD seems to have used force indiscriminately and disregarded constitutional rights of speech and assembly. He has already demoted a deputy chief and transferred a commander responsible for the police response at the park. In contrast to former Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, Bratton has been forthcoming, honest and informative as this latest LAPD scandal unfolds.