LAPD Beat Down-- Police Panel Has Kept Low Profile

Agency's inconspicuous response to June beating leads some to question its role, responsibilities. The panel, whose five members are appointed by the mayor to review almost every aspect of the department, has not met since Officer John Hatfield was shown hitting Stanley Miller 11 times with a flashlight on June 23. [more] Pictured above: Stanley Miller, an unarmed Black man beaten down by the LAPD last week.