“My children have grown up being chaperoned...
“My children have grown up being chaperoned everywhere, and that is not what life should be. We should be able to live in our neighborhoods as they do elsewhere in the United States.”
--Barbara Thomas of the South Central Organizing Committee, as black and Latino community figures said a study commissioned by the Los Angeles Police Department confirms their allegations that police protection in their areas is not equal to that in predominantly white areas.
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