At law enforcement meeting, LAPD chief defends controversial stops of black drivers
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore defended his elite Metropolitan Division officers at a law enforcement conference Thursday, saying they were not engaged in racial profiling despite a Los Angeles Times investigation showing that they pulled over a disproportionate number of black drivers.
He also said he will meet with community leaders, some of whom have called for Metro to pull out of South Los Angeles, to reassure them that officers are abiding by the Constitution and that the Los Angeles
