left this note with the miami dade police department under officer commendations.

[tapermaker]

I would like to commend the wonderful work your officers did in restraining the 14 yr old negro who looked at you sideways.Its good to know that you wont let that sort of thing go unpunished.It really should be the law that these young future felons be locked up as soon as they leave the womb,( maybe slap their mother for being a lose woman for good measure.) Keep, up the fine work, Killing maiming and basically frightening children ,before you know it there wont be anyone left to protect and serve and we will all be able to shoot and kill or imprison any brown person we want without worrying about stand our ground laws.With fine officers like this on duty we can all rest assured that florida is a safe and secure place to live ,unless of coarse you are black and carrying a bag of skittles or a puppy. Bravo

[MADem]

1. Spell check would have helped your thesis greatly.

People do judge the written word, and the fewer spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes you make, the stronger your argument. Too late now, though.

Yours was a sincere effort, the execution just could have been better.

[FSogol]

2. Unless of coarse, it can't.

[MADem]

5. Of course, I was trying hard to not be coarse, but I fear I

may not have succeeded. I don't care for beer so I won't pop the top on a Coors!

[RebelOne]

4. Spelling, grammar and punctuation need some major corrections.

Sorry, but I am a former copy editor, so I just had to post my comment.

[tapermaker]

11. I sent it through spell check before printing.

Looking it over, i don't see any misspellings.I hope you feel superior .I did`nt have a lot of money to go to college.Do you have anything else you which to criticize me for .I am overweight , and have yellow teeth compared to super models and tv stars. maybe a riff or two on those topics ?

[intheflow]

24. There are some words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

You may not have gone to college, but the kinds of errors made in this missive you should have learned in grade school. How about spaces in between sentences, and no spaces in between the last word in a sentence and the period? Literacy has a long history or transcending what people look like to give them cred in the world. See Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Ray Charles, Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony among many, many others.

[valerief]

12. How's that self-restraint thing coming along? nt

[Logical]

18. You didn't have to post it. Something tells me you feel smarter when you do. n-t

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. That does assume that the recipient can tell. This is reported to have happened in FL n/t

[Rubysox]

21. OK so Florida was spelled with a

lower case "F" , do we have to put a sarcasm after that? I took it that it implied the cops and the and state were small, weak, and petty.

Now spell check this and ask/aks me if give a damn.

[MADem]

22. Welcome to DU.

Open your dictionary to the word "coarse." That word had no role in that paragraph.

That's just for starters. The punctuation is problematic in the extreme. I would not be terribly worried about a single lower case "f," were that the only issue with the diatribe.

Like it or not, we develop a reputation by the manner in which we express ourselves. As I indicated previously, this effort was perhaps sincere, but it was most assuredly poorly executed.

Because of that, it won't have the intended effect. Instead, it will create the impression that people who favor equality and fairness in treatment by the police for all, regardless of race, age or other factors, and who oppose police brutality, particularly against children, are lacking in formal education and are unable to express themselves effectively.

[woolldog]

25. I think the OP expressed herself very effectively.

[MADem]

28. We're all entitled to our opinions! nt

[zappaman]

3. Cool story bro!

I bet they will get right on it!

[BrainMann1]

6. Funny how a person can mis the point.

Oops! Misspelled miss

[valerief]

13. I recognize it as "reframing the issue." Very annoying that it happens so frequently in DU. nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

15. Do you have anything to contribute other than snark?

I applaud the OP's effort to get the attention of the Miami-Dade police.

[noiretextatique]

7. grammar and spelling aside: you made your point

[DeSwiss]

9. K&R!!!

- No matter how you spelled it, I got the point. Which IS the point.

[MrScorpio]

10. Do you really think that they'd get the sarcasm?

They seem to me to be a bit on the obtuse side.

[tapermaker]

14. I would hope so, or i wasted my time.

sarcasm is the only thing i am good at .it keeps me from jumping off the nearest bridge.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

16. Just breath deep, and try to enjoy what you can...

and do whatever you need to keep from jumping off the bridge, and find your joy.

(We don't all speak the same language, or use the same frames of reference, and we can still get along if we try.)

edit: I forgot to say "Welcome to DU"

[Mosby]

17. k and r

I laughed out loud.

[KansDem]

19. Careful! You note may be viewed to have a "dehumanizing air" about it!

Better stay out of Miami!

[Mr.Bill]

20. You need to mention the officer's name

so they can engrave it properly on the award.

[DCKit]

23. Screw your detractors....

I live in DC, home of the shameless. Our cops are filthy, don't live here and they don't give a shit.

Don't call the cops.

[bravenak]

26. I found him on Facebook.

I sent him a message. But not a friend request.

[ellenfl]

27. well said. i hope they don't miss the point.

the points about grammar and spelling are not irrelevant but perhaps the piling on could have been gentler.

dade and broward county particularly have police brutality issues . . . both municipal and county. perhaps one day this will change. i don't expect i'll be around then.