Good morning people. It is a beautiful, peaceful morning
here in Los Angeles, California USA. I started my day today with a glass of purified
water on an empty stomach, then a moment of silence followed by deep prayer to
the Almighty One. Now I am sitting here with a rich, exotic cup of coffee
listening to classical music and contemplating life.
The events of this year have been nothing short of unnerving
and incredibly exhausting. We started off the year 2020 with the untimely death
our beloved American basketball phenom Kobe Bryant. Shortly thereafter the
world sat in utter fear, dismay and confusion as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and
separated us all from love, life and liberty; and rocked the global economy.
And now, as the tidal wave of COVID-19 has broken on the shore leaving behind a
strong current of ferocious waters that have not yet subsided, we are hit with widespread
civil unrest from ongoing racial tensions and the increasing divide between the
public and the police. The cold blooded murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis
Police Officer Derek Chauvin as three other Minneapolis Police Officers (Tou
Thao, Tomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng) stood around in complicity is nothing
short of horrific. To see the video footage of George Floyd being murdered by a
police officer was and is very traumatic and disturbing. This rightfully
ignited the embers of public anger against the police fueled by public distrust
from repeated abuse of power, questionable use of force, racial profiling, the
us (police) versus them (the public) mentality, unequal justice and the
privilege gratuitously given to police officers engaging in different levels of
wrongdoing. As the sister of a Los Angeles Police Officer (who not long ago
retired) I can personally attest to many of the foregoing issues. For years I was the victim of my LAPD Police Officer brother who bullied me, repeatedly made direct and veiled threats to intimidate me, vengefully made patently false accusations against me, unsuccessfully
attempted to set me up for false arrest and conspired to attempt to blackmail
me to procure real property that was rightfully and legally gifted to me; all while numerous members
of the LAPD recklessly remained complicit. My estranged brother did not
qualify to become an LAPD police officer in the first place because of his extreme
anger issues, his sullied life and his personal and financial association with convicted felon and federal prisoner Colin Nathanson who defrauded the public in a ponzi scheme of
over $50M. And all during his 20 year tenure with the Los Angeles Police
Department I paid the price as he repeatedly invoked and was given the unspoken police
officer privilege. Numerous members of the LAPD, including but not limited to, Deputy
Chief Peter Zarcone (Serial # 26271), Captain Brian Thomas of Internal Affairs Criminal
Investigations Division and Sgt. Joel Sydanmaa (the training officer of the late,
deranged Christopher Dorner) repeatedly covered up for their fellow officer with
flagrant unethical actions and inaction. The Internal Affairs Department of the LAPD lacks
integrity and the oversight processes are purposely ineffective.
I could go on in more depth about the police in general, and
the LAPD in particular, but at this time I’d rather not. Instead, I want to end
this posting by saying that if any high ranking officials are reading this
post, the solution to the great divide between the public and the police lies in
INTEGRITY in policing. The reason the overwhelming majority of the public dislikes
the police is because of a deep lack of trust as a result of what we see and
experience. It is irresponsible to the public and to hard working, honest
police officers not to swiftly permanently relieve bad police officers of duty
when their actions warrant removal. There should be a zero tolerance policy
when it comes to any level of unethical or illegal conduct and the punishment
should be progressive, or immediate, as appropriate. I would also like to close
by saying that there are many honest, hardworking police officers who are
paying the price for the bad ones. Police officers are subjected to incredible
amounts of stress and need our support and cooperation.
Jacqueline Sebiane
