Portion of a deposition by Police Chief Daryl Gates on the L.A. Police Department's Public Disorder and Intelligence Division, which was shut down for its widespread spying, infiltration, and disruption of unions, left groups, civil rights groups, and others, 1983 (84 KB)

Article from the L.A. Times: "Judge Must OK Battering Ram's Use, Justices Rule," Jan. 1984 (268 KB)

Article from the L.A. Times: "ACLU Asks Court to Bar Battering Ram," May 1986 (908 KB)

Flyer from the Committee for Justice on the basic points of a proposed Civilian Police Review Board, from the Coalition Against Police Abuse (64 KB)

Letters to the L.A. Times on the LAPD's sweeps in Black and Latino communities, March 1988 (912 KB)

Article from the L.A. Times: "A Change in Tactics," on LAPD shifting its "war on gangs and drugs" to concentrate on South Los Angeles, May 1988 (3.4 MB)

Excerpt from a legal complaint on the LAPD's sweeps targeting Blacks and Latinos, June 1988 (916 KB)

Campaign Poster from Michael Zinzun's run for City Council, 1989 (912 KB)

Excerpt of the report from The Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, following the 1992 Uprising, 1992 (484 KB)