Mike Davis And The Lapd
The general assumption that people make of the role that police officers play is that they are there to "Protect and Serve" the community. What people many times do not realize is that in reality a large percentage of police officers in Los Angels, including the Chiefs of Police, do their jobs with a different intention in mind. Police officers as well as politicians claim to be working hard on keeping drugs off the streets when in reality they are bringing on the violence themselves by instigating problems that are not really there. Bringing violence to the community is to their convenience because when crimes are solved and people are arrested police officers are portrayed by the media as the "heroes". Not only is the LAPD committing a large number of acts of corruption but they are all set toward youth of color.
The ideal role of a police officer is to help and protect the people of the community for which they work to create a safe environment but when members of the LAPD......
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