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