Letters to editor for Thursday, April 22, 2021
Letter writers
Change name and look of police
It’s reassuring to know there are professional servants whose job it is to protect peace and safety in our society. What isn’t reassuring is that this task is assigned to intimidating paramilitary types called police.
In the military, to police an area means to clean it, dirty or not. Even though I’m an older white guy, I still don’t feel at ease when I see a police cruiser in my rear-view mirror or driving through my neighborhood. I can only imagine how I’d feel if I had lived my life in black skin.