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1<br />

,-<br />

Supports Gates<br />

. Frank Lin, Kennedy High School in<br />

Granada Hills:<br />

Eight now, people seem to hate the cops<br />

because of what happened to the person<br />

who got beaten up by the LAPD <strong>officers</strong>. I<br />

. doubt that Chief Gates' resigning will<br />

improve the situation. I support him. I<br />

think he's a pretty good cop. You can't<br />

walk around and make sure every single<br />

cop is doing his job correctly. Police are<br />

human. -<strong>The</strong>y can get emotional. <strong>The</strong>y're<br />

not like robots.<br />

Police Act S~perior<br />

Carlos Gomez, Manual Arts High<br />

School:<br />

It_is not exactly an attitude of dislike [of<br />

the LAPD], it's more of disbelief. <strong>The</strong>y're<br />

out there supposedly to protect you and to<br />

-serve the public, but most of the times I've<br />

witnessed, they feel they're superior because<br />

they wear a badge and a gun. .<br />

I've been roughed up a couple 'times .<br />

myself and I look nothing like a gang<br />

member or a drug tlealer. Around here, on<br />

the corner, there's always a crowd of drug .<br />

dealers, and I'm pretty sure [the police]<br />

know they sell drugs, but for some reason<br />

they never mess with them.<br />

Power Is Overused<br />

Maria Alvarez, Manual Arts High<br />

School: 1<br />

If you can't trust the LAPD when you're<br />

in ·need

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