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Christopher Commission
Definition
- The Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, informally named the Christopher Commission after its chair, Warren Christopher, was a panel charged by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley to give a comprehensive report on the use of excessive force by members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during police-citizen encounters. The commission was formed in response to the beating of Rodney King on March 3,1991. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Christopher Commission]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W3DM6J80-W
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