That's a good comment, but I'm not so sure any longer. We've had two insufferable Chiefs who were black. At this point I believe we're looking at a situation where a white guy might actually be accepted if he was a strong candidate.
It doesn't matter that much to me. I simply want to strong law and order guy in there that can reorginize the department in a manner that the rank and file will respect him and regain some stature from the community.
The LAPD has taken a real beating in the last decade.
Let put an Asian cop up there. Or a Jewish cop. We've got a Hispanic Sheriff, who's not exactly doing such a great job (not because of his ethnicity, mind you, but because he plays favorites with contributors (to issue CCWs, for example) and has squandered a lot of money on things like a new helicopter for him to fly in, while money allocated for a new crime lab (to prevent another OJ debacle) somehow "disappeared".
If we're going to play ethnic musical chairs in Los Angeles (which we always do), it's time to put some new ethnicities into these spots. Are there any Gay Asian Jewish women we can make top cop?
...And don't forget what our LAPD Protectors had to go thru during and after the infamous North Hollywood Bank Shootout 5 years ago.