A Comparison Of Los Angeles And New York City During The Early Twentieth Century

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...They face opposite oceans. One has a long history of receiving many immigrants from Europe, but the other city that sits some three thousand miles away from New York, had instead embraced Japanese immigrants. Los Angeles, on the farther coast from where the nation was founded has a shorter history, but in embarking on the history of these two major metropolitan areas, there are similarities too. Both cities endured some corruption in their police departments and in politics. While Tammany Hall was a corrupt institution in New York City and effectively ran New York through its influence, Los Angeles was not immune to corruption.
One is not surprised when hearing that both New York and Los Angeles were entrenched in corruption, particularly as it respects police. Many have seen the beating given to Rodney King by the LAPD and all one has to do is utter the name "Abner Luima" to remind people that the NYPD is not clean either. Gleick & Epperson (1995) suggest that the reason why police departments...

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