Transcript: Profile: Montage of music heard in Los Angeles 10 years ago

Article: 'Cop killer' slain
The Weekly Gleaner;  April 5, 2007 ;     568 words ... ... Denham Town Police Station. A joint police/military detachment on patrol responded, and during an exchange of gunfire an unidentified man was shot and later pronounced dead at hospital. A Smith and Wesson 9mm gun was reportedly taken from him. The police ...

Article: Exploring `Art' of Ice-T's `Cop Killer'
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... open today's show with the lyrics of "Cop Killer," Los Angeles rapper Ice-T's latest ... bout to dust some cops off." Chorus: "Cop killer: It's better you than me. "Cop killer: - - - - police brutality. "Cop killer ...

Article: CALL 'COP KILLER' WHAT IT IS.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 26, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... to promote the Ice-T song called 'Cop Killer.' "We are urging you to remove this ... Warner executives that putting out the "Cop Killer" record was an error in judgment. The ... about to dust some cops off. (Chorus) Cop killer, it's better you than me. Cop killer ...

Article: Handgun Control reports Reagan administration endorsement of ban ...
PR Newswire;  June 15, 1984 ;     670 words ... ... endorsed a ban on the manufacture of cop-killer bullets, sending a White House-authored ... require a mandatory jail sentence for using cop-killer bullets in a crime. The Reagan administration ... previously opposed legislation to ban cop-killer bullets. The National Rifle Association ...

Article: Handgun Control, calls for National Rifle Association to stop ...
PR Newswire;  May 24, 1984 ;     638 words ... ... the continued manufacture and sale of cop-killer bullets. These bullets are capable of ... the continued manufacture and sale of cop-killer bullets. We ask the NRA membership to ... deadly ammunition." Orasin continued, "Cop-killer bullets are not used by our nation ...

Article: Ice T's 'Cop Killer' Dropped From Music Classes
Los Angeles Sentinel;  February 5, 1997 ;     546 words ... ... Sentinel 02-05-1997 ICE T'S `Cop Killer' Dropped From Music Classes. The Ice-T rap song "Cop Killer" has been dropped from middle school ... pulled it from their stores. But "Cop Killer" found wide support among those who ...

Article: BAN COP-KILLER BULLETS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 21, 1995 ;     691 words ... ... proposed the broadening of access to so-called cop-killer bullets. Congress banned cop-killer bullets in 1986. They have been roughly ... however, that the GOP reluctance to ban cop-killer bullets had all that much to do with Janet ...