Bratton Vows to Review Police Use of Flashlights

Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said Saturday that he planned to review the department's policy of allowing officers to strike suspects with flashlights, following the videotaped beating of an African American man last week. "The image of the flashlight looks problematic," Bratton said. "It looks awful, quite frankly."  [more] Pictured above: Community activist Maxwell Russell, right, holds a sign outside the 77th Street Area Los Angeles Police station in Los Angeles, Friday, June. 25 2004. Community activists gathered together in response of the videotaped arrest of Stanley Miller in which an LAPD officer is shown using a flashlight to hit Miller11 times  before arresting him. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)

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