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Jeanne Phillips

Policeman dismayed by mom using him to discipline child

DEAR ABBY: The media gives us stories of racial conflict and the shooting of police officers almost daily, and every reporter and news anchor proposes solutions. As a Hispanic police officer in a small city, I have an observation. I was having lunch the other day with two other officers. Sitting across from us was a young mom whose child was throwing a temper tantrum. I overheard her say, “If you don’t behave, I’m going to give you to those police officers and let them beat you!” Abby, my parents taught me the police were my friends — people I could ...

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