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Your cover and headline "Cops, Brutality & Race" stereotyped all police officers as brutal racists. The Diallo case and Los Angeles police department scandal are no more typical of the vast majority of police than inner-city crime is representative of all African Americans. MARK FRYE Myrtle Beach...
...cops were in an unmarked car and were not in uniform. It is possible that Diallo thought he was being held up by street thugs. The tendency would be to fight or flee. And flee he did. R. RAJARAMAN Chennai, India...
...trial of the four officers who shot Diallo, a jury of 12 honest citizens heard the evidence and concluded that the men were not guilty of murder. It is uncommon for 12 people to render a bad verdict when all the evidence is presented correctly. By definition, that is justice in America. What kind of justice is sought by people who marched in the streets protesting the verdict? Do they want everyone tried in the court of public opinion? I hope not. ROBERT DAWSON Conyers...
Forty-one shots fired at Amadou Diallo? Clearly, these New York City police officers were out of control [NATION, March 6]. DOROTHY MENEGHINI Norway, Mich...
...never know whether race played a part in the Diallo shooting. Even if it did not, we are left with four police officers who, despite a combined experience of 28 years and more than 300 arrests, were unable to determine after the first barrage that their suspect had not fired a single shot. If cooler heads had prevailed, wouldn't Diallo still be alive today? As trained professionals, police officers must be able to assess situations, not simply use deadly force against anything threatening. The verdict in the Diallo case at a minimum should have been "guilty of reckless endangerment...