In light of the harassment of our police commander, the sean bell and amadou diallo killings and the horrific way the NYPD are treating the residents of Harlem this story really turns my stomach. What will it take for the city government and out mayor to stand up and recognize there is a major racial problem in the police department. We need leadership here and it seems that unless you're one of the bankers, real estate brokers, or other folk in high paying service/managment economy you're SOL. Which is too bad because this city's magic comes from diversity across racical, class and ethnic lines.

I'm particularly appalled at the response of the NYPD to the white woman, the sociopathic response of the friend who saw the Carmichael girl in the basement and Det. Carey. Do these people not have a conscious?

Mr. Mayor and my elected officials you are doing a horrific job. And us as citizens really need to extend ourselves out more and take action where we can, I'm not talking civil disobediance, I'm talking about asserting our own agency. We can't rely on people like Sharpton who has almost marginal credibility. I'm pretty much convinced that the city institutions have low priority for the poor, working class, and people of color, and social marginals.

I'm also reaching out to you hipsters and new folks to the city. Please become involved in your neighborhood.

Sorry for the ramblings in this message. It's just a heart breaking ugly story of such irresponsiblity. Why can't Carey just admit he screwed up? This was his job, this is what he was trained to do, this is what we pay him for.

While this is a heartbreaking story, it is not the cops fault. For the mother to be more angry at the police than the killers, or the guy who said nothing, reveals a pathology that has not been answered.

I've felt heartsick since reading this story. I don't know what's sicker, the police turning their back on this distraught mom, the man who had a chance to save her, could have done so easily and instead did nothing or the killers that are able to kill and torture a small and helpless woman from their own community and are so unfazed that they went out a kidnapped another one. The fact that her killers will now live with other inmates who are there as a result of a misdirected drug war and are mostly black and latino is completely unsatisfying. I have lost faith in humanity. My heart goes out to this family.

I am so sick and tired of cops half- stepping in cases that involve "throw away" people,even sicker of a "justice system" that that maintains an incestuous relationship with the cops; and above all sick of an apathetic public that occasionally rises up in indignation for short periods, and always retreats to it's comfort spot.

The police, prosecutors, and judges are getting a paycheck for what they are doing right now; and that's nothing. Do you really think they are going to fix what as far as they are concerned "ain't broke"? When is the public going to put it's foot down and demand that these employees of ours do what they are paid to do.

The truth is cops are constantly lying on suspects,when they are not assaulting, or killing them in the name of "protecting themselves". They continually make judgments,prosecutions, and administer punishments to suspects on the spot, while their superiors go on camera with the pat "let's not rush to judgment" line.Prosecutors,lacking evidence, skill, or both are constantly hiding evidence to win cases.Then when these incompetencies

and out right lies are unearthed,they are allowed to refuse to own up and often drag these cases through the system again at our expense. The best, and most deflating part for us is the judges, who occupy the marital bed, sandwiched between the cops and prosecutors satisfying them both.

WAKE UP PEOPLE; WE'RE NOT EVEN IN THE PICTURE.

A re-write of the job qualifications and descriptions are in order across the country. Some firings and hirings are in order; and please spare us the "retraining" line. Any employee whose not up for what's in the rules is in over his head and needs to find other employment.

All that said, there are some real good and special police officers, prosecutors, and judges out there that should be recognized, respected, and they are the ones who should be ashamed of the others; and maybe leading the charge for the change that we all need.

This is a heartbreaking story. If it weren't for the detective's callousness and neglect, this lovely young lady might still be alive. If you can't see the racism inherent in the NYPD's policing practices based on this story as well as in Sean Bell's you are in denial. We truly live in two cities.

This is a brilliant article - so well-written, gripping, and tragic. It makes me want to become a private detective. In the end though is it racism or is it the fact that she fits into the runaway category? Did the police search harder for the other woman because not every day does a wife of a doctor disappear? I think a heinous crime was committed and racial bias is a good way to look into the issue but it's not going to hold up in court.

My deepest sympathies Ms Carmichael. I was very saddened to read about what happend to your daughter and the appalling treatment by NYPD.

My deepest sympathies Ms Moore. I was very saddened to read what happened to you.

I read the story about Romona Moore and was horrified. Horrified at the indifferent police. Horrified at the uninterested media. Horrified that someone actually spoke to an obviously tortured young lady and attended a baby shower, then went back to his home without reporting this to the police. Horrified that these monsters will be cuddled in prison.

My only advice to the still grieving mother is that maybe she can be a voice for other parents in similar predicaments. Somehow she can take an ugly situation and turn it into something positive. The community should be pushing the legislator to pass Romona's Law.