Gil Garcetti
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"Gilbert Salvadore Iberri Garcetti", best known as "Gil Garcetti", is an United States/American politician. He served as Los Angeles County's 40th Los Angeles County District Attorney/District Attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000. He is the father of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

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Sure people have said I'm going to announce indictments a week before the election, ... I'll guarantee you that's not going to happen.

The performance of their job duties.

They want us to move fast -- 'come on here,' in essence, 'rubber stamp what we've done.' That's not our job. We have an independent role and responsibility.

I did this because I thought it was imperative to the public and to Mr. Fuhrman that not only there actually be fairness in this process but there be a total appearance of fairness.

There is no legal authority for the chief to thumb his nose at us -- and I won't accept it, ... I won't tolerate it.

If you cannot have faith and trust in your police officer -- either as a citizen or as a juror or as a judge, as defense lawyers, as a district attorney -- then we do not have an acceptable, a viable criminal justice system.

It's like if you have a quilt and a thread is loose and they see that thread, they say, 'Forget the rest of the quilt. ... It's not guilty,'.

What we are dealing with is a man who wanted to kind of slip in, you know, under the radar screen.