Story paints inaccurate portrayal of King
The recent story (“Georgia’s immigration enforcement panel draws scrutiny,” News, Oct. 23) about D.A. King of the Dustin Inman Society was an obvious hit piece against King. The article implies that since that virtually all of the complaints filed with Georgia’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board were filed by him, King was some sort of misguided “gadfly” out there on his own. The AJC did not consider that King has been on point because of his obvious knowledge of this board and that many of us, rather that contacting the board on our own, would simply channel our findings to King.
For the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center to call King’s organization a “hate group” is ludicrous, given the SPLC’s bigotry and profiteering. As for Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, Gonzalez has long attempted to destroy any effort to enforce our immigration laws.
ERNEST WADE, LOGANVILLE
Those opposed to protests should get a grip
A recent letter-writer (“We should not have to watch protests,” Readers Write, Oct. 24) made the jaw-dropping assertion that “he cannot be forced to be part of a captive audience to someone’s political or social protests” and that is a constitutional right. Really, where exactly in the constitution is that? He makes it seem as though he’s strapped in with his head in a vice and his eyes pinned open like in that scene from “A Clockwork Orange.”
For the 90 seconds before the football game when the national anthem is played, try this: stand with your hand over your heart while looking up at the flag. You won’t even see the players who are kneeling, sitting or raising a fist. Neither the NFL nor the government is required to provide you with a “safe zone” before, during or after a football game.
I firmly believe that folks who insist on making this molehill into Mt. Everest should just get a grip.
PATRICK DINKLA, SUWANEE
