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•· I was outrag~d at the cartoon on the<br />

March 18 Commentary page by Olippant. It<br />

depicted .four baton ~carrying LAPD <strong>officers</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong> captions reads."Here's.the situation.<br />

: ~ You're black, you're in ~.A. and.<br />

· y-ou just exceeded the speed limit." It was<br />

very offensive and insensitive and should<br />

never have been printed. This only adds to<br />

th~ uneasiness that is felt in the communi-<br />

. ty.<br />

. CAROLYN JACKSON<br />

· . Los Angeles<br />

• One wonders if Police Commissioner<br />

Melanie Lomax and Mayor Bradley would<br />

be so relentless in their efforts to crucify<br />

··Chief Gates if he was black.<br />

It is odd that any trouble between whites<br />

and blacks is automatically called "raCial<br />

; · prejudice ... against blacks, but when tro.u~le<br />

occurs between blacks and, say, Koreans, it<br />

is always.called "culWral differences."<br />

· . EDWARD BARKER<br />

SouthGate<br />

• When all is policemen are indicted and<br />

convicted, when Gates is removed from his<br />

job, then we can hire a new· police ·chief<br />

from outside the force. A man of integrity·<br />

and strong moral leadership-Gen. H.<br />

Norman Schwarzkopf. ·<br />

· FRANK A. FLAVIN<br />

· Westminster

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