14 Mooday, April 8, 1991 / University Daily Kansan HAIL DAMAGE? COME SEE US! We will pay up to $250* - Fast accurate estimates * Immediate service currently available * Expert body repair * Foreign and domestic * State of the art European paint system JOHNSON COUNTY VOL.VO MAZDA 6300 Johnson Drive Mission, KS 66202 (913) 384-3880 - Renair cost determines our contribution toward your deductible. Call for details Ultimate Cushioning for Men and Women Jayhawks! 842-2442 MTW 9:30-8:00 THU 9:30-8:30 FRI 9:30-6:00 SAT 9:30-6:00 SUN 12:00-5:00 Sporting Goods 840 Massachusetts Lawrence KS 66044 Protesters condemn decision to reinstate LA police chief The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Rev. Jesse Jackson led a march on police headquarters Saturday to protest the City Council's decision to reinstate Chief Daryl F. Gates, who was suspended in the wake of the beating of a man by police. About 2,000 protesters marched to chants of "Daryl Gates Must Go!" Daryl Gates Must Go! to condemn the City Council's vote Friday to allow Gates to return to work, possibly as early as today. Thursday the Police Commission suspended Gates for 60 days while investigations into the March 3 beatbatteristor Rodney King were conducted. King was repeatedly kicked, clubbed and shocked with an electronic gun shot by officers in an apartment by a resident of a nearby apartment. 'Why is the whole world looking at Los Angeles? Because what they saw on March 3 was the Oscars of police brutality.' Jesse Jackson Four Los Angeles police officers have pled not guilty to felony assault charges and 21 other officers from three police agencies are under investigation. "Why is the whole world looking at Los Angeles?" Because what they saw on March 3 was the Oscars of police and Jackson told the demonstrators. The beating, which has led to charges of police brutality and racism, is being investigated by the department, the FBI and local officials. The Police Commission had suspended Gates with pay during the investigation, but the City Council did not confirm. Mr. Friday. The deal was that the chief would file a lawsuit today demanding reinstement and the council would agree to settle it out of court by returning him to work. "It looks as if the City Council is attempting to strip the Police Commission of its powers, leaving the city with no effective oversight body of the police," said Joe Hicks of the American Civil Liberties Union. The decision to reinstate Gates has created a political battle pitting the Police Commission, appointed by Governor Bill Clinton, against the elected City Council. In the wake of the battle, the head of the Los Angeles Police Department's buno forgery division said Friday that he was resigning to protest what he said was a threat to the Police Department's independence. Also Friday, the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, protested Gates' recent decision to require that television interviews of Police Department employees who discuss the King beating be broadcast either live or unmedited. Capt. Douglas Watson, who is close to retirement, said he would not come back even if Gates was reinstated. "The whole thing is clearly a violation of the First Amendment rights," said Karen Magnuson Richards, the group's president. Gates was unhappy with a recent interview of a Police Department employee. L4. Fred Nixon, a Police Department representative, said the interview was edited in such a way that it was presented as if that it was expressed in the interview. Police to install cameras in patrol cars Officials: Device will reduce brutality The Associated Press DETROIT — Dozens of police departments are installing video cameras in patrol cars that resemble the black-box recording devices in airplane cockpits, the camera's manufacturer says. About 50 U.S. police departments, including several in Michigan, have bought the $7,300 video units, and mall security and armored car companies are interested, according to Tech Corp. of Auburn Hills, Mich. "We're looking at every police car having it within four years," company president John Squocciarini said. The bus market in the United States alone Among those looking at the system is the Los Angeles Police Department, which will test a unit for 90 days. Squiarieraini said. Los Angeles police have been under fire since the March 3 police beating of an unarmed motorist, Rodney King. King was repeatedly kicked, clubbed and shocked with an electronic stun gun by officers in an apartment building by a resident of a nearby apartment. Los Angeles Police Lie. Paul Enox said the decision to test the system was approved on Thursday. Another department representative, Larry Fetters, said the equipment was likely to be popular with civil liberties groups. "Clearly it would document the behavior of the officer," he said. Paul Domenefel, legal director of Michigan's American Civil Liberties Union chapter, welcomed the tech leaders in the cameras we kept on at all times. "One of the potential benefits of having video cameras is exactly to prevent what happened in L.A. from happening anywhere else," Denen-feld said. Filming citizens without their knowledge can make privacy rights an issue, but no one has raised it yet, Denefeld said. The system has a 2-inch-square camera mounted between a patrol car's mirror and windshield, linked to a recorder in the trunk. Like an earpiece, it is installed in to the officers' body microphones. The car's radar and other systems. The video picture indicates the date, time, police department, car number, officers' numbers, speed of the patrol car, speed of other cars tracked by the radar unit, and whether lights or siren are in use. "It allows the officer to stop, rewind and review," Succairni said. He can show the violator what he has done, as was weaving in traffic or whatever." Lt. Bill Tullock of the Troy Police Department said his department was testing a unit in hopes that tapes of weaving vehicles and drivers faltering in field sobriety tests would cut down contested drunken driving cases and keep police out of court. Squacirimi said the system was tamper-proof because a new recording began where the tape was stoned The tapes could be offered as evidence in a court of law to counter false damage suits against police. Squieciarii said. If would be litigation see that the tapes do not back their accounts, Squicciarini sard, they may drop their cases. CrimTech has four former law enforcement officers among its 15 employees. Squarcium would not reveal the sales of the 2-year-old privately held company, and expect annual revenues to reach $10 million to $10 million within 12 months. SELL IT FAST IN THE DAILY KANSAN ALL ROADS LEAD HOME TO THE HILL Attention, graduating seniors . Get ready for a SIX-MONTH FREE RIDE as a new ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBER. . Your membership trip begins with the SENIOR COOKOUT. 5:30 p.m.April 24 in the Adams Center parking lot. - Next stop is the COMMENCEMENT BREAKFAST, 8 a.m. May 19 for graduates and their families. - As you leave town, remember to take along your JAYHAWK BANKCARD. It's the only VISA or MasterCard that lets you carry the KU mascot wherever you go. . Remember, wherever your new life takes you all roads lead home to the Hill. 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