Thomas J. Reddin, Tom Reddin
25 June 1916 - 4 December 2004
Birthplace: New York, New York
American police chief & commentator
“The price of freedom still is what it always has been – willingness to submit to the rule of reason.”
~Tom Reddin, American commentator & police chief
Interview remarks, cited in “Police Chief Blasts Young Generation” (6 May 1969) Associated Press, in The Pensacola News, 6 May 1969, Pensacola, FL, No. 108, p. 1, columns 3-4; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com
Extended excerpt [Interview remarks, just prior to Reddin’s final day as head of the Los Angeles Police Department.]:
“Police Chief Thomas Reddin, who retires today after 28 years in law enforcement, says he “is almost willing to write off a generation of young Americans” because of their current attitude toward authority.
“The price of freedom still is what it always has been – willingness to submit to the rule of reason,” he said in an interview, listing protest demonstrations confronting the nation’s police.” (p. 1, columns 3-4)
Source link: “Police Chief Blasts Young Generation” (6 May 1969) The Pensacola News; via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/264320078/?terms=%22willingness%2Bto%2Bsubmit%2Bto%2Bthe%2Brule%2Bof%2Breason%22
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