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Criminal

Nov. 27, 2002

Bratton Takes Unusual Step of Deploring L.A.'s Rising Murder Rate

Column - By Garry Abrams - Mooney said he was acting out of an abundance of caution, noting that homicides are frequently in the news - but this time around, the police chief has decided to make an issue out of the slayings.

        Column

        By Garry Abrams

         Monday morning, on Towne Street between Fourth and Fifth streets in downtown Los Angeles, a city street crew armed with a skip loader and a street sweeper was scooping up, hauling away and brushing aside the detritus of a homeless encampment - cardboard condos, folding chairs and ...

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