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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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.