FBI ENTERS INVESTIGATION OF POLICE CORRUPTION IN L.A.

The FBI entered Los Angeles' ongoing police corruption investigation
yesterday at the request of police Chief Bernard Parks.

Twenty police officers have been suspended and 40 criminal convictions
have been reversed since a former anti-gang officer accused of
stealing cocaine from an evidence locker began telling prosecutors
about fellow officers framing innocent people, lying in court and
attacking suspects.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office is looking into as
many as 3,000 criminal convictions that may have been tainted by
police misconduct.

Six FBI agents will work with police and the district attorney to
investigate the allegations and decide whether to seek state or
federal prosecutions, said U.S. Attorney Alejandro Mayorkas.