I am a retired police officer and I concur with Heather Mac Donald’s assessment in “The Myth of Systemic Police Racism” (op-ed, June 3). The problem isn’t systemic racism, it’s individual bad cops and the inability of police chiefs and sheriffs to deal with them due to local merit-system rules. I was involved in situations when my sheriff fired bad cops. However, their terminations were later overturned by the merit council. Often, local police unions will fight any discipline regardless of the situation.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 09, 2020 21:45 UTC