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2002 Stories by Charles Rappleye

• Streets, Sweet, Streets

  published December 26, 2002

  If you’ve spent much time at all in downtown Los Angeles over the past couple of years, you‘ve probably run across William Nowell. Or at leas... More >>

• Dismissing Rampart

  published December 12, 2002

  What if a cop kicks a gangbanger‘s ass in a seedy hotel in the Rampart division and there’s nobody but his homies and more cops to hear h... More >>

• All in the Familia

  published December 5, 2002

  Skip Ensley could not have looked more conspicuous standing outside a small stone church on the outskirts of Culiacan in central Mexico one... More >>

• A Clean Slate

  published November 7, 2002

  A curious thread of nostalgia ran through the ceremony this week at the Los Angeles Police Academy when William J. Bratton, the... More >>

• A Switch for Enron

  published October 31, 2002

  What a difference a plea makes. Just last week federal regulators were scratching their heads and wondering if there was any way to... More >>

• Fox in the Hen House

  published September 19, 2002

  For much of the past decade, Madeline Janis-Aparicio has been standing on the outside, pushing local government and developers in Los Angeles... More >>

• The Rampart Verdict

  published September 12, 2002

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• What Cooley Learned From Rampart

  published July 25, 2002

  District Attorney Steve Cooley wasted little time answering calls for justice after the videotaped beating of a 16-year-old by an Inglewood... More >>

• Arresting Video

  published July 25, 2002

  In the days after his incendiary video sparked protests in Inglewood and outcry across the nation, itinerant disc jockey Mitchell Crooks was... More >>

• Grand Theft

  published July 18, 2002

  For three weeks this spring, at the behest of District Attorney Steve Cooley, the county grand jury took extensive testimony from a clutch of... More >>

• Struggle of Men

  published July 11, 2002

  Is there any place on the planet where prisoners in the War on Terror can get a hearing on the merits of their detention? The U.S.... More >>

• Stadium Games

  published July 4, 2002

  The millionaires who operate Staples Center tried the back door, attending league meetings to win assurances of a team and possible Super Bowl... More >>

• The Marked Man

  published June 13, 2002

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• Stadium Schemes

  published May 30, 2002

  It had all the celebratory air of a ribbon cutting last week when honchos from Staples Center shared the stage with the mayor of Los Angeles... More >>

• Lost in a Maze

  published May 23, 2002

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• Enron’s Revenge

  published May 23, 2002

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• No Movie for Rafael Perez

  published May 16, 2002

  It seems clear by now that Rafael Perez is no Frank Serpico. Both were police officers who blew the whistle on widespread corruption in their... More >>

• The Enron Rip-off

  published April 25, 2002

  The energy crisis that cost California as much as $40 billion in 2000 and 2001 did not, in fact, result from a shortage of electricity,... More >>

• Out of the Can and Onto the Stand

  published April 18, 2002

  When Sonia Flores was his lover, Rafael Perez -- L.A.’s most famous corrupt cop -- persuaded her to tell lies that sent five men to prison... More >>

• The Bernie Blow-off

  published April 11, 2002

  The appointments of U.S. ambassadors and justices of the Supreme Court might be subject to public debate, but not the appointment of the top... More >>

• Derailed Dreams

  published April 4, 2002

  Just by sitting on its robes, the U.S. Supreme Court last week condemned public transit in Los Angeles to a fractious and uncertain... More >>

• High-Wire Dreamin’

  published March 21, 2002

  Illustration by Melinda Beck ENRON CEO JEFF SKILLING TOOK IT from all directions when he traveled to San Francisco last June to address the... More >>

• Lost Rights

  published March 7, 2002

  The military base at Guantanamo Bay provides U.S. jailers safe harbor from interference by American courts, meaning the Bush administration can... More >>

• Frozen in Guantánamo

  published February 14, 2002

  The continuing limbo of accused terrorists at the American military base in Guantánamo Bay has sparked a global debate, with officials in the W... More >>

• Chief Obstacles

  published January 3, 2002

  1.Get the Lead Out. Within weeks of taking office in September 1997, LAPD Chief Bernard Parks eliminates the Senior Lead... More >>