I read with great disbelief the comments of Donna C. Pendergast ("Won't run from uniformed," Viewpoints, Nov. 6). Her apparent blind obedience to authority is a very dangerous thing.

This same kind of mentality has allowed many atrocities to be perpetrated to humankind over time such as concentration camps, torture and rapes by those "just following orders." The excuse of "just following orders" won't cut it with most people in a democracy.

The police officers in the Pedro Oregon Navarro case were wrong and should have been charged with wrongful death at the least, and probably murder, judging by the facts presented in the media.

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