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U.S. News // 1 decade ago

LAPD arrests suspect in dry-ice bombs at airport

A Los Angeles International Airport employee was arrested in the dry-ice bomb explosions at the facility, the Los Angeles Times reported.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Martin friend says Zimmerman acquittal 'BS'

The friend on the phone with Trayvon Martin when the confrontation on a Sanford, Fla., street with George Zimmerman began says she is angered by the acquittal.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

LAPD review finds Dorner's 2009 firing justifiable

The Los Angeles Police Department says it was justified in firing officer Christopher Dorner, who went on a killing spree in February to avenge his firing.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

LAPD investigating officers' handgun purchases

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether members of two elite units illegally bought special handguns and resold them at a profit.

Technology // 1 decade ago

ACLU sues over license plate scanner data

Civil liberty groups are suing two Southern California police agencies over electronic license plate scanner data being stored by law enforcement.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

Police: Man brought pipe bomb to gun buyback event

Police in Los Angeles said a man was arrested during a gun buyback event when he tried to turn in a homemade pipe bomb.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Shakeup in LAPD brass announced

The head of internal affairs at the Los Angeles Police Department has been reassigned in a shake-up in the department's upper ranks, police officials said.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Some 40 cases could be reviewed in wake of Dorner rampage

In the wake of a rogue ex-officer who went on a killing rampage, the Los Angeles Police Department officials said they're reviewing claims of racism.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

LAPD reaches settlement with women in Dorner case

Two women who were injured during the manhunt for ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner reached a $4.2 million settlement, officials said.

World News // 1 decade ago

Mexico looking for LA kidnap suspect

Los Angeles police said they were unsure whether kidnapping suspect Tobias Summers was still in Mexico this weekend or had slipped back into the United States.

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Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith (January 22, 1929 – June 13, 1994), known as Chargin' Charlie, was a career United States Army officer and Vietnam veteran who attained the rank of Colonel. He is credited with the creation of Delta Force, a special operations unit of the U.S. Army.

Beckwith was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, and was an all-state football player for his high school team. He later enrolled in the University of Georgia where he played football for the Bulldogs and was a member of the Delta Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He joined the university's Army ROTC program and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1952. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers the same year but turned it down to stay in the Army.

After the Korean War was over (1953–1954,) then 2LT Beckwith, served as a Platoon Leader for Charlie Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division in the Republic of Korea.

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