American Voices

More Police Brutality In L.A.

July 24, 2002 | ISSUE 38•26

The Inglewood police officer seen on a videotape violently arresting a handcuffed black teenager has pleaded innocent to an assault charge.What do you think?

  • How were those officers supposed to know that kid wasn't going to sprout an extra pair of arms from his back and pull a gun out of his neck as he lay pinned to the car's hood?

    Rob Phelps
    Electrician

  • They were just following the motto of the Inglewood Police Department: 'To protect and whomp the shit out of.'

    Christopher James
    Architect

  • I'm just glad I live on the East Coast, where police are heroic.

    Pete Bruge
    Cashier

  • Why must we always focus on the bad cops instead of the 65 percent of police officers who would never do anything like this?

    Daniel Ziff
    Systems Analyst

  • I'm sure those officers wouldn't have done that unless it was absolutely necessary in order to hurt the guy.

    Diane Essen
    Student

  • That tape was shameful. One cop brutalizes a suspect while five others just stand around? What do I pay my taxes for?

    Emily Schofield
    Dietitian

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