“Our intent is not to manipulate. We...
“Our intent is not to manipulate. We have had some concerns in trying to figure out how to most accurately report gang crime.”
--Deputy Chief Bernard C. Parks, in charge of compiling gang statistics for Los Angeles police, on a proposed switch from keeping track of “gang-related” crimes to less-frequent “gang-motivated” crimes.
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