European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 6, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 King trial  May have delayed response panel to study Impact of Bradley Gates feud los Angeles a a feud Between mayor Tom Bradley and police chief Daryl Gates has raised questions about whether their War of no words hampered the City a response to the riots. Quot for a mayor not to talk to a chief for 13 months is absolutely inexcusable and can to help but have a negative Impact a said City councilman Joel Wachs. Wachs who has supported Gates called for an investigation. Many suggested however that it  have made much difference if the two were closer because the City charter gives the mayor so Little authority Over the police chief. Several critics said Gates alone bears much of the responsibility. Quot the fact that the police chief has acted so autonomously in the past would Lead one to conclude that the mayors influence or anyone else a influence Over chief Daryl Gates actions would have been minimal at Best a said Ralph Sutton spokesman for the brotherhood crusade a South Central los Angeles Community group. The police commission a civilian oversight panel plans to explore the Issue in its review of the City a response to last weeks riots said commission president Stanley k. Sheinbaum. The bad blood Between Republican Gates and Democrat Bradley goes Back years. It reached a Peak last year when Bradley called on Gates to resign after the Christopher commission issued a report critical of the police department following the beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King by Lour White current and former police officers. That report and pressure from Many lawmakers including Wachs led the chief to announce his retirement. He a to be replaced next month by Willie Williams Philadelphia a police commissioner. Bradley said he and Gates Hadnot spoken to each other for 13 months right up to the night the rioting started. Although accounts vary somewhat it appears their first face to face conversation came at about 9 30 . Wednesday in the emergency operations Center downtown. By then buildings were ablaze looters were running wild and people were getting killed. As the unrest intensified Gates and Bradley were in different parts of the City. Gates was speaking at a Brentwood fund Raiser for a group opposing a ballot initiative to overhaul the police department. Bradley backs the measure which would limit the tenure of the police chief. Gates attendance at the event sparked controversy. He told lbs tvs face the nation that he was at the event for Quot five minutes or  in fact a video of the fund Raiser showed he was there for about 90 minutes the los Angeles times reported. Counting travel time from downtown 15 Miles away Gates was away from his command Post for up to two hours from about 6 30 . To about 8 30 . During that time the streets grew increasingly violent. A mob at an intersection in South Central los Angeles was beating motorists and setting fires. No officers responded and the rioting spread. Closer look taken at charges filed by passenger in King car los Angeles apr the testimony of a passenger in Rodney g. Kings car that he too was beaten by police takes on new significance since the acquittal of four officers. Bryant Allen testified during the officers trial that he was Quot kicked and stomped As he Lay on the ground outside Kings car but neither the defense nor prosecutors followed up on his Brief statement. On mondays Montel Williams show a syndicated television talk show Allen said a i was stomped once and i was kicked  he said he told police and prosecutors what Hap ened to him soon after the March 3,1991, videotaped eating of King. Allen 26, also filed a civil rights lawsuit last year saying he was roughed up. But his recollection took on new significance after the officers were acquitted last week of beating King sparking deadly and destructive rioting in los Angeles. At least one juror said the panel voted to acquit the White officers because King who is Black resisted arrest. The jurors reasoned that Allen and a second passenger Freddie George Helms were not harmed because they obeyed police orders after they were i Allen stopped. Helms who made similar allegations in a lawsuit was killed in a traffic Accident. Allen is suing City and California Highway patrol officials and 17 los Angeles police officers including the four in the King Case. Rep. Charles Rangel d-n.y., called on Federal officials to re examine the infamous videotape showing King being struck and kicked repeatedly to determine whether blurred activity on the other Side of the stopped car was Allen being kicked As Williams said. Allens lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Allen said he was face Down behind the Back right tire of Kings car when he was beaten. He said the attack ended after a female officer told her colleague to Stop. Beaten truck Driver now Able to talk by the new York times los Angeles a Reginald Denny a truck Driver who was beaten severely in the first moments of unrest in the City a South Central area was Able to talk monday for the first time since the incident and doctors upgraded his condition to Good. Doctors at Daniel Freeman memorial Hospital in Inglewood where Denny was taken by a group of onlookers after the beating wednesday night said his prognosis was improving. They said they still had no. Determined whether Denny had suffered permanent brain injuries. Hospital officials said Denny began speaking monday and asked for a Fly swatter because of a Fly buzzing around his room. They said he also wrote a note to Cecily Kahn a social worker at the Hospital saying Quot in a just a regular Guy. I never meant to be  Denny who is White was dragged from his truck by a group of Black men in South Central los Angeles hours after the acquittal of four White former and current police officers accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney g. King a Black Motorist. Denny 36, was beaten kicked spit on and robbed As television helicopters circled overhead recording the scene. No police officers Ever appeared to help Denny and Only after he managed to crawl Back into his truck and Start to drive away did four people step Forward to Aid him. Briton wearing land shirt beaten robbed London up a a Man wearing a los Angeles police department to shirt was beaten and robbed by six men in Coventry England Early monday police said. David Stacey 27, told police he was beaten by six asian males shortly after he left an Indian restaurant in Coventry 110 Miles Northwest of London. The group approached him As he walked Home at 1-30 a m., saying Quot you think you re hard do you wearing an land to shirt a Stacey said. Quot they whacked  Down kicking  in the head and Side for four to five minutes with Metal bars Sta a a a sold he received Hospital treatment for injuries that included severe bruising to his face and ears a cracked rib and a bruised Back and arms. Stacey a assailants took his Wallet containing 120 pounds $214 before they fled. Stacey said he bought the shirt for his Girlfriend on a trip to los Angeles and borrowed it while visiting her in London. Stacey said he had seen news reports of the acquittal of four current and former los Angeles police officers accused of beating a Black Motorist that preceded widespread rioting but a never gave it a second thought when he borrowed the shirt he said. Stacey said that he believed the verdict was unjust but that the subsequent rioting a was totally out of  a two los Angeles children pass a National guardsman on their Way to school monday. Riot experiences haunt children los Angeles apr youngsters who holed up in their Homes during the riots Are Back in school exchanging stories about the violence outside their windows and trying to Deal with their fears. At Plainview elementary Fernando Garcia a third grader from Korea town told his classmates monday about the looting killing and burning in his neighbourhood. He said forgiving those responsible is like making up with your Best Friend after a fight Over a toy. He said something bad to  and ill hit him a Fernando said. Quot later after 1 think about it ill say that in a  at Raymond Avenue elementary which was scrawled with obscene Graffiti directed at police principal Eloise Pritchett held an Assembly to discuss childrens fears. Quot we Tell the kids to respect one another and to respect one another a property and then they see adults forgetting those lessons a she said. "aj1 we can Tell them is even adults make  officials in the nations second largest school District encouraged teachers to let students speak about the violence. Some children at Raymond met with a psychologist