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Posted on: April 10th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Tomás' Picks ] [ California ]
“But Lopez recently found himself in the spotlight he works to avoid after calling out a Mexican diplomat who excoriated city police for alleged police brutality against Latinos. Lopez, who is fluent in Spanish and of Mexican descent, shot back: “I have been in Mexico and my concern is this: Has he solved their police problems before he tries to solve ours?”
County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado was so furious she publicly asked the police chief to punish Lopez. Chief Rob Davis publicly disapproved. Hate mail came winging in.
But so did support. The spotlight was suddenly shining hotly on the college dropout who rose from a poor, patriotic Latino kid to a street-smart patrol officer to the first Latino president of the police union and one of the most powerful cops in the Bay Area.”
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