Police Responses
Re “Couple Found Slain Hours After Police Call to Home,” Nov. 2: L.A. police officers respond to a noise complaint in Benedict Canyon, and an innocent man is killed. Officers respond to a call for a possible slaying at an apartment in Arleta and leave without ever finding two dead bodies inside. Sounds like somebody needs to get their priorities straight.
TERRY BRANNON
Los Angeles
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The death of Anthony Dwain Lee is, without question, a tragedy. Listening to Mike Downey (Nov. 1), police officers should ask gun-wielding suspects, “Excuse me, but is that real?” before they attempt to defend themselves. Only someone who has had a gun pointed at him can talk about giving the potential shooter “the benefit of the doubt.”
MARK RETTBERG
Orange
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