It was a week in which law enforcement was in the spotlight.

The Occupy Fresno protests continued at Fresno's downtown Courthouse Park, keeping the Fresno County Sheriff's Office busy. An independent report on the 2009 fatal shootout in Minkler was released and sparked much debate about what went wrong.

The city of Fresno made a big, final push to break up homeless encampments downtown, and a former Fresno Pacific University basketball player went on a naked rampage near campus after learning he had been kicked off the team.

Here are the top stories of the past week, along with selected comments posted by readers at fresnobee.com.

Minkler report

What happened: An independent review of the fatal shootout in Minkler two years ago was released Tuesday. The review, in part, stated that Fresno County sheriff's deputy Joel Wahlenmaier was complacent in preparing to search the home of Rick Liles, the man suspected in a string of shootings and fires. Sheriff Margaret Mims, the next day, rejected suggestions that complacency on Wahlenmaier's part contributed to the deaths.

What it means: The sheriff's office is starting to adopt some recommendations in the report.

What readers said:

"The public has every right to demand transparency after such an event. The citizens of Fresno County, especially Minkler, deserve the unvarnished truth. ... Sheriff Mims has too shown tremendous courage and fortitude in requesting and providing to the public The Minkler Incident."

– HansonOhana

"Mims has to accept responsibility. Yes, it was the shooter's fault but maybe the arrest could have been handled differently? Cops are human and they make mistakes, too, and it's better to learn from them."

– timothy1

Sheltering the homeless

What happened: The city of Fresno's efforts to break up downtown homeless camps revealed that there isn't enough housing for all, and some don't want to be helped.

What it means: The city dismantled four homeless camps in the downtown area and has gathered an array of social-service agencies beneath a tent at the edge of downtown, where the homeless can come to find help. But getting homeless people in housing continues to be a challenge.

What readers said:

"It is NOT government's job to provide food, shelter, or health care. It's ours. We may wish to address these problems through nonprofits but we did not form governments for these purposes."

– b2burns

"Many cities, especially the size of Fresno, have programs that would have never let the homeless problem get out of hand. They don't have huge tent cities and they don't reject federal money for health care and mental health care like our Fresno Co. Supervisors did."

– gannieca

Occupiers in Fresno

What happened: Occupy Fresno protesters and the Fresno County Sheriff's Office are in a battle of wills over control of downtown Fresno's Courthouse Park, with deputies arresting protesters who try to stay in the park after midnight.

What it means: The cycle of protests at downtown Fresno's Courthouse Park, followed by early morning arrests of the protesters, appears unlikely to end soon. Mims vowed to keep arresting protesters who violate the county ban on occupying the park between midnight and 6 a.m., and protesters vowed to keep protesting.

What readers said:

"These protesters are not doing anything wrong. They only need two deputies to watch over them. Sending out 35 deputies is a political conservative move, just to show the price tag later and blame the protesters for wasting our money. Mims is the one wasting our money by having this unnecessary police presence and making unnecessary arrests. ... Let the people have a voice, as is promised in our constitution."

– stevevanhoff

"If they're breaking the law, they deserve what they get. Just because you're protesting something, doesn't give you the right to act on your own accord and break the law."

– NettieRee

Naked rampage

What happened: A Fresno Pacific University basketball player went on a naked rampage Monday night near campus after being told that he had been kicked off the team. Leonard Tyrell Young, 21, ran naked through a convenience store parking lot, tried to steal a police car, beat a police officer and police dog and withstood three Taser strikes before finally being subdued, police said.

What readers said:

"It's called a nervous breakdown, and they happen quite often to people that do not have the appropriate skills to cope with stress or to people that have a propensity to be more anxious/nervous than the average person. They just usually don't happen in such grand fashion."

– I

"Nervous breakdown? How about immaturity on learning to be a man and handle things the way they come?"

– MrSmithD