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Hundreds rally for Inglewood officer's arrest Two previous complaints to be reopened against lawman in beating 07/13/2002 Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Hundreds of protesters demanded Friday that criminal charges be filed against a white policeman who slammed a handcuffed black teenager against a patrol car and punched him. During the rally, the protesters chanted "No justice, no peace." One carried a pink sign reading "To Protect & Serve, NOT Lie & Cover-Up." Later, Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn disclosed that investigations will be reopened into two previous complaints filed against Officer Jeremy Morse. The mayor declined to provide details...

Blacks in Inglewood back police despite incident 'Bad apple' on force, not racism, responsible for violent arrest, some say 07/13/2002 Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Customers at Granny's House of Soul Food have been paying as much attention to the restaurant's two large TVs this week as they have to Granny's BBQ meat loaf, smothered chicken and black-eyed peas. They have been focused on the video the violent snippet of reality TV that shows a handcuffed black teenager being body-slammed by a white policeman onto the trunk of a car, then rocked by the officer's roundhouse punch. Like many...