Reply #38: Thank you for this. You have expressed far more eloquently than I did or could [View All]

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just what it was that bothered my wife and me. We could not for the life of us figure out why it was necessary to walk this woman the entire length of the mall in full public view.

As for the 'host' at the courtesy counter, I would imagine that she was not making a tremendous amount of money at the job. What struck my wife and me was how quick she was to excuse what we had seen and were complaining about. I totally understand that the mall has no direct control over the actins of the LAPD. One of the semi-harsh responders on this thread said the host looked at us "like we were nuts." I would not go quite that far, but I did get the distinct impression that those hosts were not used to people questioning that type of behavior. I do not doubt the host and one of her co-workers did express their opinions about my wife and my general psychological state after we had left the courtesy counter and were out of earshot :)

My wife and I have had numerous positive encounters with officers of the LAPD in years past (for noise complaints about one of our neighbors in our apartment building). My personal experience with LAPD is that they conduct themselves very professionally, so I intended this thread more as a "why did it have to happen this way?" type of question than a "bash the police" thread. Some of the responses have been quite telling, though, I must say. Thanks again for your defense of my wife and me.