Local leaders pledge cooperation.
This suit alleges that the LAPD is engaged in a pattern and practice of constitutional violations through excessive force, false arrests, unreasonable searches and seizures, and that management deficiencies have allowed this misconduct to occur. The federal officials' specific allegations are contained in the lawsuit, which will be filed if no settlement is reached. It means that the problems are deeper than anyone has been willing to acknowledge. They are bigger than Rampart, in other words. Everyone has to take some degree of responsibility for that.