General Discussion

I don't live in LA, so I've never interacted with LAPD. Based on the officers in my area that I know, they're honorable people who generally approach situations that might involve domestic violence with some deliberation.

I'm also fully aware that as a white guy who grew up in the suburbs, who currently lives in a college town, and who's worst experience with law enforcement was a cop in Minneapolis with a bad attitude about 30 years ago,* my appreciation of police is probably elevated compared with that of someone who grew up with a very different background.

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*One of my tail lights had gone out. I didn't know it. I'd just moved to Chicago for a post-doc project, and I was driving up to St Paul to do some research. The officer took one look at my driver's license and started complaining about just how terrible I must be coming from a city where no one respects the law. I'd said nothing to him except 'I'm sorry, I didn't realize the tail light was out, and I'll attend to it as soon as I can.' I may have been more naive then than now, but even then, I knew better than to say anything that smelled of "back-talk" to a police officer. Maybe he was having a bad day.