The Massachusetts Fraternal Order of Police Executive Board and its members wish to express our disgust and disappointment with the recent cartoon by Mike Luckovich, showing a picture of “Miranda Rights’’ for white people and “Last Rites’’ for black people. In a time where racial tension is very high and riots are happening across the country, the last thing this country needs is for the media to print inciting articles or cartoons that are not true. Law enforcement professionals have an extremely difficult job, now more than ever. This type of untrue and negative cartoon only does one thing: ramp up the racial tension between police and the communities that we took an oath to serve and protect.

We are left to wonder: What good does printing such an inflammatory cartoon do? And what kind of negative community response toward police are you hoping to illicit by printing it?

Todd Bramwell

President

Fraternal Order of Police

Massachusetts State Lodge