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Thursday, July 12, 2007

NY Times - OP-ED COLUMNIST; Doubting the Police

OP-ED COLUMNIST; Doubting the Police


June 26, 2007, Tuesday
By BOB HERBERT (NYT); Editorial Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 21, Column , 749 words

DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - Bob Herbert Op-Ed column says he does not believe New York City Police Dept's version of events surrounding arrests of 32 youths in Brooklyn; details conversations with residents who say teenagers were on their way to wake for their friend when police closed in on group; questions statements by Comr Ray Kelly and other officers that group was out of control and that they had been walking on cars and illegally blocking traffic; calls on Kelly to mount honest investigation

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