Monday, November 20, 2006
Ah, that makes perfect sense
More tazer fun!
The officers' actions represent a startling ignorance of Los Angeles racial and judicial history. In a city with a sordid record of police brutality against minorities, the officers should have been aware that their actions would carry reverberate far beyond the library halls.
This does not mean that police officers, UCLA or otherwise, should treat minority students differently than other students. But it does mean that the department and the university should recognize a public relations nightmare when it's staring them in the face. Hmm. We're talking about actions representing ignorance, so the right thing to do would be to adjust those actions. But somehow, it should adjust those actions when dealing with minorities without treating minorities differently. (Left as an exercise to the reader)
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