Calif. mayor defends destruction of police records as routine

By Howard Blume Los Angeles Times INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. on Sunday defended his city’s decision this month to allow the destruction of years of investigative records involving police shootings. Many of those records would have become public for the first time under a new state law set to take effect Jan. 1, providing a window into a police department that for years was beset by allegations of excessive force, poor officer training and lack of...