Mayor Tom Bradley expresses disappointment on Rodney King verdict with Chief Daryl Gates

Mayor Tom Bradley from City Hall in downtown Los Angeles addresses the media on live television about his disappointment in Rodney King verdicts and the riots that followed. He urges citizens that are angry about the riots to hold back on the destruction of property in Los Angeles.

Chief Daryl gates looks very depressed as he stands next to Mayor Tom Bradley. The mayor states that we cannot tolerate violence as an expression to the verdicts and warns that he will begin to enforce the law from all levels of government available.

He calls many of the looters opportunist and has applied a curfew from dusk to dawn every night from Crenshaw (w) to Alameda (e) to Century (s) to Vernon (n).

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• Los Angeles Riots
• Chief Daryl Gates
• Tom Bradley
• LA Riots
• :Rodney
• King
• Stacey Koon
• police brutality
• excessive force
• reginald denny beating

[DOCpimp08]

The officers did what they had to do. I think they did a great job. And when people complain officers didnt do their job why they complain about this? This guy ran from police and didnt give up. Funny the same people complain are the ones call 911 for help. I think if you complain and later you call for help the government should say, hey you didnt like us then so fix the problem your self

[Doylefreewisconsin]

I was against what the officers did, however we are a nation of laws adn the law says you are innocent until proven guilty. IT is not any mayors job to put his views on any criminal case. IT is crap like this as to why this man never became Governor of California.

[zerimar26]

Bradley did would he could. He simply did have the support from that bigoted Daryl Gates. I put the blame of the riots squarely on his shoulders.

[sboudreaux27]

The Rodney King incident is one of the major factors why Bradley didn't seek reelection to a 6th term in 1993.