Pubdate: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) Copyright: 2003 The Dallas Morning News Contact: http://www.dallasnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117 Author: Nevel Patrick Haley DELAPAZ ACQUITTED IN FAKE-DRUG CASE No One Is Guilty? Re: "Jurors acquit ex-officer in Dallas' fake-drug case," Wednesday's Page One. The hearts of the many falsely accused and wrongly convicted under the now-infamous fake drug arrests are now surely crying out for justice. These innocent people suffered harm from the actions of the Dallas Police Department and now no one is guilty? How violated these people must feel. Will their pain and loss be recognized? Will the Justice Department step up to the plate and find who and/or what was responsible? If ever a person's civil rights were violated, these were among them. Let us not forget the pain, the embarrassment, the loss of friends and the separation from family, the financial loss that these people suffered. Let us also not forget the leadership that was in place within the Dallas Police Department while these aggressive acts against the least defensible among us were perpetrated. The public must voice their strongest disapproval with this type of police work and this type of department leadership. I am truly thankful I do not live in Dallas' city limits, and I am very careful of my actions when there that I might not fall prey to such predatory actions that convicted these innocent people. Actions must be taken to prevent such an occurrence from ever happening again, and the policies that aided this practice must be changed. Nevel Patrick Haley, Addison - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens