[quote name='Spokker']They countered with this idea that the Latino officers have internalized the institutional racism maintained by the white power structure. So even when Latino officers racially profile, it's still whitey's fault somehow.[/QUOTE]
It's an oversimplification to say "whitey's fault," but if that's what it takes to be dismissive of institutionalized racism in police departments, then whatever helps you get to that point.
As for LAPD's history, this was just a decade and a half ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources_Against_Street_Hoodlums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Ovando
It's not just mistreatment of minority citizens that has been a concern in the LAPD; it's how gangs were active members of the police force, it's the abuse of power/misuse of force, and the culture of silence that surrounds it. The concern is not "racism" inasmuch as it is that police themselves employ a "stop snitchin'" standard when it comes to misuse of force.
Sure, we can talk about the fact that misuse of force by police being tied to racism (I'll find you two dozen Oscar Grants for every white suspect who has been treated similarly), but the problem of racism here is secondary. The complaint that Dorner filed (for which he was eventually fired) was his concern that a suspect was unnecessarily kicked and beaten by another officer.
In sum, perhaps you should be very careful about critiquing people for evoking the "race card" in the future, when you're so ready to whip it out as a straw man.
[quote name='Feeding the Abscess']I don't support Dorner's ends (a kindler, gentler, more "equal" police state).[/QUOTE]
Perhaps I misunderstand you here, but huh?