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07/02/2004:
"This is the "New LAPD""
L.A. Police Probe 2nd Case of Flashlight Beatingyahoo news:full article
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police said on Thursday they were investigating the second case in two weeks of officers seen on videotape beating a prone suspect with a metal flashlight.
Home video showing a black man being pinned to the floor and hit with a flashlight during an arrest at a private party on June 19 was aired on local television a week after a police officer was seen beating black car theft suspect Stanley Miller 11 times around the head after he had been wrestled to the ground.
City leaders have moved quickly to calm tension in a city still bruised by the infamous 1991 police beating of black motorist Rodney King that subsequently sparked the worst riots in modern U.S. history.
