family members . It was never our intent to cause grief to victims of crime or their families . '' In a statement issued last month , the LAPD had billed the exhibit as `` a glimpse into some of the most notable homicides and critical incidents that occurred in Los Angeles over the past 100 years . '' `` It 's about the history of Los Angeles , as told through the eyes of homicide investigators of the Los Angeles Police Department , '' Beck said Tuesday on CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' `` This is an opportunity for homicide investigators from all over the country to get together , to share ideas , to share best practices and to talk about some of the most famous cases in Los Angeles history , as well as their current cases . '' But in an opinion piece in Wednesday 's Los Angeles Times newspaper , Maxwell Taylor Kennedy , son of the late senator , called the display of his father 's clothing `` a cheap bid for attention . '' `` The chief of police and the district attorney took my father 's blood-soaked clothing and
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After scathing criticism from the son of slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy , police in Los Angeles , California , have apologized for including the clothes the senator was wearing when killed in an exhibit of high-profile homicide cases . The clothing -- a shirt , tie and jacket , with what appears to be bloodstains on the shirt -- was removed from the exhibit , `` Behind-The-Scenes : The LAPD Homicide Experience , '' at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas , Nevada . In addition , Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley and Police Chief Charlie Beck , in an open letter Thursday , apologized to any other victims ' family members who might have been offended by the other items in the exhibit , running Tuesday through Thursday at the California Homicide Investigators Association 's 2010 conference . `` Based on the feedback we have received , it is now clear that a few of the items on display have offended some crime victims ' families , '' the letter said . `` We have both been to hundreds of murder scenes in our law enforcement career and we have consoled many