New Orleans' Sheriff Harry Lee died a month ago, but undoubtedly few tears were shed. He was extremely racist, but was somehow in his seventh term in a city many minority citizens. He was apparently unfair in his policing, by punishing black people who crossed a jurisdiction line. After reading a quote in the newspaper about pulling over black people driving through a predominantly white area, it makes me wonder if the song "Riding Dirty" wasn't written, at least in some part, about him.
There are racist, sexist and ageist people in every walk of life, but it's always saddening when they are in a position of power.
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