REPORTS: Beatings routine at LAPD's Rampart division
LOS ANGELES ( AP ) -- Anti-gang officers linked to the city's police
corruption scandal often tried to intimidate gang members by punching and
choking suspects, according to investigation documents.
Rafael Perez, the disgraced officer at the center of the probe, told
investigators that officers fabricated police reports to explain their
victims' injuries.
Transcripts of his testimony to a Police Department task force were reported
today by the Daily News of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Times.