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Wrongful death still unacceptable

May. 15, 2005 12:00 AM

Regarding "This 'deadly force' not bound by rules" (Letters, Friday):

The letter writer seems to postulate that all policemen are vindicated for wrongdoing when one of them is killed in the line of duty.

Not all citizens kill policeman; not all policeman are heroes. I will not fall for her illogical reasoning born out of the emotionalism of the moment. It doesn't change the fact that police brutality has killed people.

Taser guns, meant to stun, have killed people. Thirteen-year-olds with knives have been shot and killed, and the police have been pronounced innocent of wrongdoing.

I'm not confusing Phoenix police Officer David Uribe with any of these other officers, but his death does not make wrongful death at the hands of law enforcement more palatable to me.

Susan Gupton Glendale