Politics

Discipline in flashlight case

Police chief Bill Bratton said this morning that six LAPD officers will face administrative discipline for their role in the arrest last June of Stanley Miller, a suspect who was clubbed with a flashlight at the end of a pursuit shown on TV. The case has drawn some political fire in South L.A. and led to Bratton seeking an alternative, lighter flashlight for street cops to carry — drawing criticism from the Police Protective League, which said today it was "deeply disillusioned with the decision."

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