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Mar 2009

Pawlenty Spokesman: Minnesota Can't Turn Back Olson

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A spokesman for Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the state is required to let former 1970s radical and longtime fugitive Sara Jane Olson serve her three-year parole in Minnesota. Spokesman Brian McClung says Pawlenty doesn't have...

10

Mar 2009

Home to Glory

The LAPD sent Deputy Chief Kenneth Garner on to glory in style Monday and Bishop Noel Jones preached him right through the pearly gates during one of the finest funerals I've attended in some time. And Garner, one of the city's exemplary...

09

Mar 2009

Parole Debate Clouds Future of Jailed Symbionese Liberation Army Member

Police union wants Sara Jane Olson to serve parole in California. L.A. Police Protective League says the ex-SLA member, imprisoned for trying to kill two officers, will be better monitored here than in Minnesota, near family. Her release...

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Mar 2009

Deputy Chief Remembered for Strong Ties to South L.A.

Mark Boster / Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Police Department members carry the casket of Deputy Chief Kenneth O. Garner into the Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles. 3,000 gather in South L.A. to remember Deputy Police Chief...