Veteran Hollywood actress shreds Nithya Raman over remarks about ex-police chief: Where is your apology?

A Hollywood actress and ally of LA Mayor Karen Bass is demanding an apology from mayoral challenger Nithya Raman over comments praising a controversial policy from disgraced former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, calling the remarks a “historical error” and a “personal assault.”Anne-Marie Johnson, best known for her roles in Hill Street Blues and Double Trouble, blasted the socialist city councilmember at a Thursday event hosted by Bass.“Nithya, where’s the apology?” she said loudly, while looking straight at the camera.“We’re running out of time.

We need an apology.”The fiery rebuke comes after Raman criticized Bass during a mayoral debate this week over reports that LAPD shared information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a flashpoint for liberal Angelenos opposed to President Donald Trump’s deportation crackdown.Raman argued that Los Angeles had abandoned its historic resistance to federal immigration enforcement, invoking Gates’ tenure as police chief.“This city used to be the gold standard in terms of non-cooperation with immigration enforcement, years ago under the era of Daryl Gates,” the socialist city councilmember said at the debate.“And now under this mayor, we’ve actually lost trust from our immigrant community in our city and in our law enforcement.”Bass has seized on the remarks, accusing her challenger of overlooking the city’s painful history of police abuse, particularly against Black and Latino residents during Gates’ tenure.“My opponent is not really familiar with L.A., especially the Black community,” Bass said.“She doesn’t know us.”Gates became a symbol of police brutality during his time leading the LAPD, which was rocked by the 1991 beating of Black motorist Rodney King.

The officers’ acquittals in 1992 helped ignite the city’s devastating riots.Johnson said the debate remarks hit close to home.Her father served as a police officer alongside Gates, and she lives in Raman’s City Counc...