SINISTER CRASH INSIGNIA

Re "Insignia of Rampart Anti-Gang Unit Raises Concerns," Feb. 8: Kudos for
exposing the sinister Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart CRASH insignia
adorning rogue officers. Having LAPD officers bear tattoos of this nature is
completely outrageous and further proof that the real "street hoodlums" are
the ones bearing skull tattoos underneath their badges.

I work at an immigrant community center in Pico-Union, and it is shameful
that many refugees who fled their home countries because of police and
government corruption arrived in Los Angeles, only to be welcomed as prey to
more police and government corruption.

RICHARD C. MENDEZ, Directing Attorney, El Rescate Los Angeles