Rockwell on Police Beating

Thank you so much for printing the some 16 column inches contributed by Rockwell. Though he was “out-printed” by about 40 inches to 1 in that edition, he was the only one that seemed to remember that criminals must be deterred. Granted that King’s captors may have been a little overzealous, such experience should normally tend to deter the working criminal.

At the other extreme under Column Left on that page, writer Carol Watson proposes that law enforcement agencies should not use their full resources when someone attempts to “evade” proper authority. What sort of world does she invite if to escape confrontation the criminal elects simply to “evade”? I say call on the dogs or whatever it takes to uphold authority.

Thank you, too, for Patrick Buchanan’s remarks reminding us that all this outbreak of histrionics over the apprehension of a law breaker is just that--hand-wringing by the brothers of the criminal, prospecting by the Police Misconduct Lawyers Referral Service, publicity seeking by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Please tell the urban warrior that it is very easy to avoid unpleasant encounters with the police. Just don’t break the law!

T. BRUCE GRAHAM

Port Hueneme