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Bogus Claims from a Leftist Revisionist ??

Any references for 'systematic suppression' of blacks and hispanics or is this just more left-wing revisionist history?

It's not leftist revisionism, it's pretty well-known by anyone who doesn't have a political ax to grind... hopefully someone will source it. Having statements in this entry directly saying "the sentence above this one is a lie!" is downright silly, someone knowledgeable and unbiased REALLY needs to come along and straighten this entry out. 67.49.83.252 04:02, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a familiarity with Discourse would help our anonymous friend and a link or reference to Institutional racism would help this entry?Rykalski 19:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very shallow and error ridden mini bio of Chief Parker, written by a very biased contributor. I suggest you have more input to this Wikipedia entry.

An HBO documentary produced in 2005 gives evidence that Parker practiced institutional oppression against black Americans, cited by historian Mike Davis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arspading (talk • contribs) 04:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not only did Bastards of the Party -- the HBO doc sighted above -- mention that Parker deliberately harrased black Angelinos and was personally disgusted by "race-mixing," but he recruited LAPD officers straight out of the South and sometimes directly out of the KKK. Also -- what is this? "and the entrance into the media of overtly anti-police politicized journalists" Jonnylieberman (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well he may have been a racist, but this business about recruiting people from the KKK is a lie. The LAPD during Parker's time as chief would automatically disqualify any applicant who had been involved with the Klan. And this business about the LAPD deliberately recruiting white officers from southern states is counter-intuitive (for several reasons) and there's no substance to it. Just because someone repeated it in a documentary doesn't make it so. The LAPD did, however recruit BLACK officers from southern states at that time. That may have been where the story originated. If you read the LA Times article "Watts Riot 40 Years Later" you'll see a black LAPD officer mention that that's how he was recruited.

One thing I did want to point out - the entry states that Parker was awarded a Silver Star, however in the photo of him wearing his ribbons (in one of the links) he is not wearing a Silver Star on his ribbon rack, just the Purple Heart. That alone tells me that he was not awarded the SS.

Last but not least - the whole entry is POORLY WRITTEN. The entire thing needs to be re-written by someone who writes well.

Pardon me for not being familiar enough with the editing process. P1340 —Preceding undated comment added 15:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Please added sourced material going forward

Can sourcable material be added going forward? I know that is alot to ask, but it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. --Tom 17:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article includes some conclusions about Parker's tenure: "Parker Center redux? Proposal causes anger and confusion" by Joel Rubin, April 14, 2009, Los Angeles Times. Will Beback talk 20:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]