LOS ANGELES : Black Police Officers Join Protest of Rap Song
An association of about 350 black officers of the Los Angeles Police Department joined Friday in calling for Warner Bros. Records to stop distributing rapper Ice-T’s recording of a song called “Cop Killer.”
In a letter to the Burbank-based company, Nicholas M. Wade, president of the Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation, described the work as “hatred” that creates a climate in which “kids who idolize (rap stars) . . . may embrace the wrong solutions to their problems.”
The group’s stance represents a break from the rest of the 35,000-member National Black Police Assn., which voiced support of the rapper Tuesday.
“Cop Killer,” which Ice-T says is meant to be a condemnation of police brutality, has been the subject of a protest by law enforcement officials, politicians and religious groups.
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