District last weekend, Moore ordered officers to stop striking protesters with batons. On Tuesday, Garcetti said he has instructed the LAPD to minimize the use of foam bullets and batons, and “if we can, to not use them at all.”
But his Monday comments, while focused on looters, were perceived by many as at odds with that ethos.“We didn’t have protests last night. We had criminal acts,” Moore said. “We didn’t have people mourning the death of this man, George Floyd. We had people capitalizing. His death is on their hands as much as it is those officers.”
“I regret that that misstatement and that mistake has taken as much time away from focusing on the true issues and true concerns of police reform, of societal reform, of how we make our society fair to all, and particularly addressing the injustices involving our black communities,” he said.Moore is not known for being a stylish orator. His statements often devolve into bureaucratese. But he chooses his words carefully and is not prone to gaffes. That made the remark all the more striking.
Hutchinson said he is not calling for the chief to step down, despite his grave concern over the remark. But he said Moore has work to do to build back his credibility.“What the chief doesn’t want is to be the second coming of Daryl Gates,” Hutchinson added, referring to, including Operation Hammer, with officers attacking apartment buildings with battering rams and rounding up thousands of people in South L.A. in 1988.
Great. Thanks for the article. MayorOfLA they literally wrote it down for ya. FIRE MOORE
Fire him
We need less Moore! MayorOfLA it is time to ask for his resignation. You have a brutal police department that needs new leadership. The people of LA deserve better from you and Moore.
“Under fire”. Compared to protesters level of “under fire”. Mmmmhmmmm
BreakPoliceUnions
We all know looters are not there to protest.
Leftists and the truth don't get along well.
I just can't understand WHY they are putting SO MANY bodies (police, national guard, & mystery militias) up against protestors, when they could just put those same people in place to guard the stores that are getting looted.
I guess we cant say anything bad about an arsonist or looter.
Why aren’t the leaders of the looters ever urged to resign
where are the fire for violent protests/looting? Hard to find those articles.
Media cult is out to publish and distort any and all police and US military’s actions. Media across the country are out to get law enforcers. Media vs civil society
The white liberals that work at the LA Times have a pathological desire to gin up a race war.
Chief Moore needs to resign.