Interview with a Watts Area Policeman

The following is the transcript of an interview with a member of the Los Angeles Police Department a few days after the riots. He is a policeman in the Watts district and at the time of the interview had been working continuously for six days, twelve hours on and twelve off.

nr: You’ve been an officer in Watts for a long time. What are conditions really like? Are they for instance worse than other L.A. ghettos?