Reply #79: Have you followed LAPD history since Rodney King?

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If so, you are no doubt familiar with the so-called "Ramparts Scandal" which was, for the most part, hushed up and whitewashed by the various governmental and media organizationas (LA Times) responsible for oversight. Member of LAPD's Ramparts Division shot alleged gang members, then planted firearms on them in an effort to prove the shooting "justified." LAPD officers planted evidence (mainly drug) on alleged gang members they wished to take down. I could go on but, at least in the Ramparts Division, LAPD behavior equalled if not surpassed that of the very gang members they were ostensibly fighting.

I do not know any gang members and I have interacted favorably with two LAPD officers whom I consider 'excellent'. I was simply taking issue with your proposal to "round up" anyone with a gang affiliation. That tactic is ill-suited to a constitutional democracy governed by due process and the rule of law. Last time I checked, freedom of association was still operative in the U.S. Constitution.