Talk:Daryl Gates

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Why is there a completely different article at Darryl F. Gates?

Thanks for catching that. I've added "merge" tags so that the two articles can be combined (hopefully under the correct spelling). Cheers, -Willmcw 20:03, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Actually, it is spelled DARYL, it even says on his book!

Contents 1 POV issues 2 DARE 3 Edits made by anonymous IPs 4 Casual drug users "ought to be taken out and shot." 5 Veins 6 We cares about rap songs 7 WikiProject class rating 8 WikiProject class rating 9 Gates on television

[edit] POV issues

This article was obviously written by a Gates apologist (probably some Jack Dunphy-wannabe who lives in a KKK-infested housing tract in Simi Valley). I'm slapping a neutrality dispute tag on it. --Slightlyslack 10:42, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

OK, I've gone through and made a fair number of changes and radically improved the writing. Unlike the guy who wrote all of the Gates-worshipping crap before me, I actually listed some references. Imagine that. POV tag now gone.--Slightlyslack 09:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DARE

Please provide evidence as to the ineffectiveness of the DARE program.

Confusion as to Marijuana as a gateway drug? The argument is that people buying cannabis often come into contact with other drugs by association with dealers, not that smoking the drug itself sets you up neurologically to look for a better high/fix and go looking intentionally for other narcotics, so surely at face value it IS a potential gateway drug, but on the same level, it could be argued that it should be legalised and thus removed from the criminal market and proximity with other narcotics?!

[edit] Edits made by anonymous IPs

Is "Jack Dunphy" making these or something? --Slightlyslack 10:34, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Whoever is deleting info, please give an explanation. -Willmcw 04:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Casual drug users "ought to be taken out and shot."

The above quotation and its reaction are worthy of inclusion. It was initially reported by the LA Times, I believe. He made a point of referring to marijuana users (or those who "blast" pot, according to him) and considered it to be worthy of "treason." --AWF

[edit] Veins

Is there any truth to what he said about blacks' veins not opening fast? Could this be because maybe some of them who have died were suffering from hardened arteries and high blood pressure? --Apathy 02:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] We cares about rap songs

Who gives three drums of monkey p*ss what some hoodlum gangster rappers that belong in jail think about Gates. It's irrelevant to the article and obscene.

Gates remains a controversial (and heavily disliked) figure in Los Angeles 16 years after he retired. Time has not diluted the controversies related to his tenure as chief. For example, the recent controversy about Special Order 40, promulgated by Gates, and the current discussion on the Los Angeles City Council whether to keep it in force or modify it. The article in its current form seems to provide as good of a balance as possible. Although, I personally didn't know he was still alive until his recent appearance in the film Street Kings76.79.213.82 (talk) 00:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 11:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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[edit] Gates on television

I was just watching an old 1950s TV show called "You Asked For It." In a segment about modern methods of crime detection, they went to the LAPD for answers, and who was there to give them answers but Officer Daryl Gates. It was him, no doubt. Mr. Gates seemed destined for notoriety from the beginning. I'll not mention it in the article because it's not notable, and there are no citations. 209.77.230.206 (talk) 03:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)