May Day discipline

Calling the 2007 May Day melee "a phenomenal black eye" for the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief William Bratton said Tuesday that he wants to fire four officers and discipline 11 others for their roles in the MacArthur Park skirmishes that left dozens of peaceful protesters injured. Daily News.

Bratton's recommendation to the Police Commission came after one of the department's most extensive internal investigations. It follows the demotion and reassignment of the two senior commanders in charge that day.

"It was a phenomenal black eye for the Los Angeles Police Department on that day, a phenomenal black eye for the police chief of the department and something that the leadership of this department felt serious about correcting," Bratton told the commission.