In your issue of November 21, 2008 you chose to publish a letter from Sgt. Darrel D. Brown, a retired Sheriff with 29 years of service in Los Angeles County.

The letter appeared under the bold caption "Court sends the wrong message." Of course, it was your right to publish the letter as is without editing it, or not publish it at all. But because it concerned such a high profile matter in our fair city, and on its face was so contentious, you might have checked it for accuracy and, in a companion article on the same page, pointed out its failings.

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