Lou Cannon
Lou Cannon
Louis Cannonis an American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer. He was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s and later senior White House correspondent of the Washington Post during the Ronald Reagan administration. He is a prolific biographer of US President Ronald Reagan and has written five books about him...
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What went on in Rampart was a lot more cold-blooded. There was an element of malevolence, of premeditation and planning.
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The King incident was a spontaneous reaction to a middle-of-the-night situation. I think Rampart is worse, ... Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD.
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I don't think he's going to be dismissive of these (stars), because they're from his community, but ultimately that's not going to make his decision, ... He'll decide it on the merits.