Police Shooting of Drug Suspect Was ‘Shocking’
Your editorial “Still Too Many Questions” (Apr. 7) asked questions to which answers are unfortunately already known. The outcome of the investigation into the fatal shooting of a suspected drug dealer is a given, given Orange County’s record in these matters.
The officer(s) who fired four shots through a windshield at an unarmed, nonviolent suspect will be exonerated, patted on the back, and it will be “back to business as usual”.
The D.A.’s office, packed solidly with ex-police officers and/or “law and order” zealots, will reach deeply into its bag of bologna, and come up with any number of reasons to justify this senseless killing. After all, why break a string of 100% approval of every police shooting since time began?
Until the residents of Orange County demand a review board composed of citizens uninvolved and neutral toward police activities, we can expect more of the same.
DON COULSON
Orange
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