Start with respect for police: Your Say

Letter edited for clarity and grammar:

As a 55-year-old half African-American and half Latino-American, what I have found is when a person is being pulled over by a police officer, as long as they are polite, respectful and comply with requests, they will rarely run into trouble. Most of the time, a person is either ticketed or they are not, and that's about it. Police officers are human beings, and it is always about approach.

Louis Perry; Stevenson Ranch, Calif.

Facebook comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

There shouldn't be a federal law for this. Leave it up to cities and states. That is where the people have the most clout with politicians, and hence the most ability to create laws that the average person actually wants and benefits from.

— Roberta Rendozky

Yes. Tell all the criminals that they can escape every time by hitting 88 mph. Really? Accidents are horrible. But they're accidents. You should be hacked at the criminal (who should be up on murder charges).

— Jeff Chappell

Race is not a factor. Just put the gun down and live. Common sense.

— Steve Porter

Stop complaining that they reported her race. Race is relevant. It got reported. If they hadn't you would all have been upset it wasn't reported.

— Richard Brown