Badge not so comforting

Tue., Feb. 15, 2011

Jake Olmstead (Letters, Jan. 29) must be living in mamby-pamby land.

Letting the police do their jobs is fine and dandy but they should be held accountable for their actions.

Let us not forget about Otto Zehm!

If you were in a convenience store and brutalized by police, would you really be writing this opinion?

John R. Merrick

Spokane

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