| A reader asked me, referring to Mexico,
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| | Using the same reasoning, let's take a
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| "How could you live in a country that is
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| | look at American police behavior and see
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| so corrupt?" This was based partly on a
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| | if we can come up with the same
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| cited incident in a story by Tim Donnelly
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| | conclusion that in America you are just
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| entitled, Sanctuary Lost, in which Mr.
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| | as liable to be beaten as helped.
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| Donnelly says,
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| | · Rodney" Glen King (born April 2, 1965,
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| "Almost 80% of the illegal aliens in Los
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| | in Sacramento, California) was an
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| Angeles County come from Mexico, where
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| | African-American motorist who, while
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| corruption is a way of life, where you
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| | videotaped by a bystander (George
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| are just as likely to be robbed and
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| | Holliday), was struck repeatedly by Los
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| beaten by a policeman as helped."[1]
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| | Angeles police officers (LAPD) during a
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| For the record, I want to say that Mr.
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| | police stop on March 3, 1991. [3]
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| Donnelly makes some excellent points in
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| | · According to Amnesty International:
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| his op-ed piece and I encourage you to go
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| | "There is a widespread and persistent
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| to the website I have cited in the
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| | problem of police brutality across the
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| footnote to read the entire article for
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| | USA. Police officers have beaten and shot
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| context. I don't agree with everything
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| | unresisting suspects; they have misused
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| Mr. Donnelly says about this issue but
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| | batons, chemical sprays, and
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| would love to sit down over a cup of
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| | electro-shock weapons; they have injured
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| coffee and hash it out. I think he sounds
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| | or killed people by placing them in
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| like an interesting fellow-someone I
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| | dangerous restraint holds."[4]
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| would like to meet.
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| | · Excessive force has been used against
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| I take issue, however, with Mr.
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| | mentally ill or disturbed people, who are
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| Donnelly's statement about Mexico, "where
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| | engaged in nonthreatening behavior. In
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| corruption is a way of life, where you
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| | Fairfield, California in June 1996, James
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| are just as likely to be robbed and
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| | Parkinson, an unarmed, mentally ill man
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| beaten by a policeman as helped".[2]
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| | running naked around a swimming pool,
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| He cites as his proof an incident
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| | died following being sprayed by police
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| reported by Sara Carter. I spoke with Ms.
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| | with pepper spray, hit with a taser gun
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| Carter about Pelé Hernandez, the subject
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| | and shackled face-down. [5]
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| of her reporting, whom the Mexican police
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| | · Police brutality changes journalist's
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| allegedly beat so severely that he
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| | life By Art Marroquin, Cal State
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| suffered loss of his vision.
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| | Fullerton June 14, 1996
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| I was not able to get much information
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| | "Racially motivated police beatings are
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| from Ms. Carter. I was not able to get,
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| | stories most reporters want to cover. But
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| for example, who the witnesses were to
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| | for minority reporters, these beatings
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| this attack (whether they were credible)
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| | are more than stories. They represent
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| or what the circumstances were. I was not
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| | horrors minorities potentially could
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| able to ascertain what the provocation
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| | suffer everyday. Such was the case for
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| was for the alleged beating. I was not
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| | syndicated columnist Roberto Rodriguez.
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| able to ascertain whether there was
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| | Five Whittier, California, policemen
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| credible evidence the police committed
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| | cracked his skull when he was 24 years
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| the act. There was no photographic or
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| | old."[6]
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| video evidence.
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| | And to what should be everyone's horror
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| As far as I know, the beating by police
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| | the list goes on and on and on--right
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| is only what Mr. Hernandez alleges.
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| | here in America!
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| However, let's say for the sake of
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| | Go to the Internet search engine and type
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| argument that Mr. Hernandez is telling
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| | in this search term: Police brutality in
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| the truth. Let's even say that he was
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| | America and you will get to spend quite a
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| involved in a criminal act of some sort
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| | bit of time reading more than 697,000
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| and was resisting arrest. Is that any
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| | hits on this subject-RIGHT HERE IN
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| provocation for beating the man so
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| | AMERICA!
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| severely that he is now blind?
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| | Shall we use these incidents to paint the
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| Probably not.
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| | picture with a large and broad-brush that
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| I suppose the ultimate answer would
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| | AMERICA is where corruption is a way of
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| depend on if Mr. Hernandez were armed.
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| | life, where you are just as likely to be
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| Then the beating and its consequence is
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| | robbed and beaten by a policeman as
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| better than being shot by the Mexican
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| | helped?
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| police.
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| | Based on these reports of police
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| I was not there. No one is forthcoming
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| | corruption in America shall we indeed
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| with more evidence for me to report.
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| | tell the world that if you come to the
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| What sticks like a "bee in my bonnet" is
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| | U.S. you are just as likely to be beaten
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| that this incident is cited as a sweeping
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| | senseless by the American police as
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| statement to prove that,
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| | helped?
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| Mexico is where corruption is a way of
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| | I guess my point is that I truly do not
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| life, where you are just as likely to be
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| | understand the statement coming from the
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| robbed and beaten by a policeman as
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| | mouth of an American, "Mexico is where
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| helped.
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| | corruption is a way of life, where you
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| Am I wrong here? Am I reading into this?
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| | are just as likely to be robbed and
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| Does not the language of this statement
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| | beaten by a policeman as helped."
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| explicitly say that in Mexico you are
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| | Maybe we should have that cup of coffee,
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| liable to be the victim of the Mexican
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| | Mr. Donnelly, Sir, and perhaps a little
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| police as helped?
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| | Danish and hash this out.
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| I find this logic astounding!
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| | I'm buying!
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