Newport Beach Police Criticized
Re Dana Parsons’ column “If There’s a Moral to This Story, It Won’t Help Squawk” (Sept. 8): It must have been agonizing for Mr. (Dennis) McIntyre to sit helplessly handcuffed while the bumbling cops killed his cat. All the poking and prodding was easier than having Mrs. McIntyre, two blocks away, come and pick up the cat, the cops claim.
Could it be they were giving him a not-too-subtle message that you don’t cross a cop, even a rude, wild-driving one, or were they just a bunch of inept fools?
Either way, it was tragic and unnecessary. Shame on the Newport Beach Police Department for the disgusting way they handled the whole situation.
ANN MERRITT
Corona del Mar
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