Letter: New commissioner's past is relevant
Thomas Dale, new police commissioner of Nassau County (Dec. 2, 2011) Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr.
In your editorial "Fresh eyes for Nassau's police dept." [Dec. 6], you state that the new police commissioner, Thomas Dale, has faced adversity because officers under his command at the New York City Police Department were responsible for the shootings of Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell. You state, "In both cases Dale was praised for his response."
So the old adage of "the buck stops here" doesn't apply to the shootings and death of unarmed persons? As a matter of fact, you praise Dale!
Apparently in your view, those incidents do not compare to the murder of Jo'Anna Bird or the problems of the Nassau County police lab. Would you be more forgiving if Bird had been shot by police instead?
Bob Schiller, Holtsville
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