"[T]he police and the legally-constituted authorities showed plainly where their sympathies were,for in no case reported through the daily papers does there appear the arrest,trial and conviction of one of the mob for any of the brutalities which occurred.The ringleaders of the mob were at no time disguised.Men were chased,beaten and killed by white brutes,who boasted of their crimes,and the murderers still walk the streets of New Orleans,well known and absolutely exempt from prosecution.Not only were they exempt from prosecution by the police while the town was in the hands of the mob,but even now that law and order is supposed to resume control,these men,well known,are not now,nor ever will be,called to account for the unspeakable brutalities of that terrible week." How did Wells portray the role of law enforcement?

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Wells portrays the police and legally-constituted authorities as being sympathetic to the white mob and not taking action against them, even though the ringleaders were well known and boasted about their crimes. She criticizes their failure to arrest, try, and convict any of the mob members for their brutalities against black people.

"[T]he Police and the Legally-Constituted Authorities Showed Plainly Where Their