For the Record - June 7, 2020

Police chief: In the June 6 Section A, an article about Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore receiving criticism for a remark about looters added the word “not” to a comment from Mayor Eric Garcetti. Garcetti said he has known Moore for decades, and the chief could not possibly have meant that looters are “the equivalent of murderers,” not “not the equivalent of murderers.”

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