PLATFORM : Brutality by Fiat SYLVESTER HARRIS, SYLVESTER HARRIS, a lecturer living in San Jose, was a community relations officer for the police department in Racine, Wis. He comments on the controversy surrounding the beating of Rodney King:
PLATFORM : Sensationalism MAX J. KERSTEIN, MAX J. KERSTEIN is both a journalist who publishes an independent trade journal and a volunteer specialist-reserve officer for the LAPD. He comments on what he sees as media overkill in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating: