Letters to the Editor: The very real fear of cops -- Black cops too

Says a letter writer: 'Don't look for a Black police officer to be a friend and come to your rescue. They'll use their power against you.'

I am a white woman with a Black son and three Black grandsons. I worried about my son growing up in L.A. in the 1970s when police abuse was a frequent headline in the news.

The facts are elementary. Five Black cops who work for a department that is 58% Black brutally beat a Black man. Race has no bearing in this case. This is a case of five rogue cops who deserve to be prosecuted. Where is the reproach for the use of Tasers on human beings by law enforcement today? The Taser seems to be a high-tech version of the electric cattle prod. Many Americans were appalled by the “inhumane” use of cattle prods in the 1960s, and some are now reeling from the use of Tasers on Tyre Nichols in Memphis and Keenan Anderson in Los Angeles.

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