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10.27.2009 6:11 pm

St. Louis police chief has high standards for his department

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I was heartened by the two letters that appeared in the Sunday edition of your paper regarding police conduct. Both Chief Isom and Ms. Joyce hit a home run with their comments, and it is nice to see that they are…
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08.06.2009 6:43 pm

Don’t jump to conclusions on race

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This is in response to the letter from Jenna Kotch in the Sunday, 8/2/09, Post-Dispatch.

 

How one can state with such certainty that race was behind the incident?  No one except Mr. Gates and the officer knows exactly what transpired that…

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08.05.2009 5:59 pm

The fear is justified

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Leonard Pitts’ Sundayc olumn was another outstandingly good pieces!
 
I am White, but I have always had Black friends. Pitts wrote, “Every Black man knows what that fear is like.” I know that fear is justified. I have seen, and known of…
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08.03.2009 5:25 pm

The right to be right and the law of dealing with the law

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

All the media coverage of the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and the subsequent remarks of President Obama brought up old memories  for me.  Many years ago when my children were little I was stopped by the Collinsville…

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07.30.2009 6:46 pm

Much can be learned from Gates/Crowley incident

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There is much to be learned from this incident.. Profiling and stereo-typing do exist and  exists similiar to a two way street. Mr. Gates was tired,  frustrated  and hyper-sensitive to race issues. He profiles the officer as being prejudiced and reacts based on that…
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07.28.2009 5:11 pm

In Gates incident, Obama jumped to conclusions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Both front page columns on your Sunday paper left out the key points concerning Professor Gates arrest in Cambridge, MA.
    1.    Recent local break-ins led a neighbor to call the police district to advise that 2 men appeared to be…
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05.18.2009 6:04 pm

There’s a difference between speed traps and good patrolling

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gentlemen, your article in the Sunday edition about speed traps was interesting and informative, however you completely missed the point.  Speed traps are places that give out UNDESERVED tickets to UNSUSPECTING  motorists just to raise revenue.  Your research shows no indication…
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03.26.2009 6:29 pm

Police have options other than guns for dealing with mentally ill

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last week your paper reported the sad & tragic death of an Affton man shot to death by two St. Louis County police officers. When the victim became suicidal late last Wednesday, his wife called 911 for assistance.

The police dispatched…

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01.06.2009 6:03 pm

A driver is reminded of the heroes among us

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I have many blessings. One of my greatest blessings is my son. He recently turned 15 and earned his drivers permit right away. I was in the right hand seat coaching as we moved through the busy intersection of Clayton…

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