Article: CRITIC: REPORT 'MINIMIZED' SCANDAL POLICE COMMISSION PLANS OUT PROBE RAMPART REVIEW PLANNED.(News)

Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer

Under increasing pressure for outside oversight, Los Angeles Police Commission officials began mapping plans Thursday to review the LAPD Board of Inquiry report into the Rampart Division scandal.

``While it represented a scathing indictment, it also minimized the scandal,'' said University of Southern California law professor Erwin Chemerinsky, who is undertaking his own analysis of the 365-page document for the Los Angeles Police Protective League. ``I think the problem is much more pervasive, where this report is blaming a few bad cops.

``While the theme of it is mediocrity, the Rampart case is much more about ...

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