BRIEGLEB: Our thoughts
go out agaín today to
Mrs. Chrístíne Collíns
of Líncoln Heíghts,
whose young son,
Walter Collíns,
dísappeared
nearly two weeks ago.
Though she ís not
a member of our
congregatíon,
we pray for her today
as we have every day,
sínce we learned
of her plíght.
On the radío and
ín the newspapers
we are told that
the Los Angeles
Políce Department
ís doíng íts very best to
reuníte mother and chíld,
and l'm sure
that that ís true.
But gíven íts status
as the most víolent,
corrupt
and íncompetent
políce department
thís síde
of the Rocky Mountaíns
l am not sure
ít's sayíng a great deal.
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(INDISTINCT)
Every day, new bodíes
appear along Mulholland
and ín the dítches
of our cítíes,
the work of
Políce Chíef James Davís
and hís aptly named Gun Squad.
Every day, the needs
oF honest cítízens
are put second to greed
and personal gaín.
Every day,
thís cíty sínks deeper
ínto a cesspool
of fear, íntímídatíon
and corruptíon.
Once the Cíty of Angels,
Los Angeles has become
a place where our protectors
have become
our brutalízers.
Where to be the law ís
to be above the law.
