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Federal Judge Susan Dlott wrote the book on racial profiling in 2002. Last week, she ripped it into one million tiny pieces when three black people broke into her $8 million Cincinnati home and started beating her and her 79-year old husband. "There's three black men with guns at our house," Dlott told a 911 operator after she escaped the home invasion and ran to her neighbor's house one mile away. And just in case the operator did not hear her the first time, Dlott said it again: "My husband and the dogs are still there. There are three black...

Saturday, November 1, 2003 Cameras in cruisers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cop stop: False accusation The prosecution of Janika Mitchem, 18, of Bond Hill for making a false allegation against a police officer after a May 31 traffic stop serves notice that "police complaints" cut both ways. The new complaint process created by the 2002 collaborative and U.S. Department of Justice agreements is designed to protect citizens from police misconduct but also police officers from citizen misconduct. The day after Mitchem got tickets for running a red light and not having a driver's license, she filed a written complaint, claiming the officer was...