Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Putting Things in Perspective
RECEIVED Wed., Feb. 18, 2004
Dear Editor,
In reference to the Feb. 13 edition of the Chronicle – "Page Two" by Louis Black and "Unequal Farce" [News] by Michael King.
I have not always agreed with the conclusions of your newspaper over the years, but I do respect your objectivity and thought put into covering multiple viewpoints and information in a majority of your articles.
As stated, "Bad social policies, as well as pressing problems we fail to address through legislation or budgeting, turn into police problems." And later on, "This corrupt view of race relations, as does every societal failure and racial misunderstanding, becomes a police problem."
Finally, you put it into perspective when you say, "The police are us, all of us."
I believe that most of "us" try to do the right thing most of the time, but most of "us" are not omniscient or omnipotent.
Thank you for putting things into perspective.
In reference to the Feb. 13 edition of the Chronicle – "Page Two" by Louis Black and "Unequal Farce" [News] by Michael King.
I have not always agreed with the conclusions of your newspaper over the years, but I do respect your objectivity and thought put into covering multiple viewpoints and information in a majority of your articles.
As stated, "Bad social policies, as well as pressing problems we fail to address through legislation or budgeting, turn into police problems." And later on, "This corrupt view of race relations, as does every societal failure and racial misunderstanding, becomes a police problem."
Finally, you put it into perspective when you say, "The police are us, all of us."
I believe that most of "us" try to do the right thing most of the time, but most of "us" are not omniscient or omnipotent.
Thank you for putting things into perspective.
Robert Gross II
