Achieving lasting peace begins with us all
I stand with all children and families who are victimized through traumatic events. I believe in the voice of the people through clear expression. I believe change can take place with the examples of the present day: “March for Our Lives,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Me Too.” All followed the civil rights marches, and the anti-Vietnam war marches in the 1960s. Each has brought change and continues into the years. I do not believe that the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas school shooter or the Fort Lauderdale airport shooter should receive the death penalty. My understanding is that their behaviors would have been prevented, the same with Vietnam, the same with women’s suffrage in many ways, racism, anti-semitism, domestic violence in families, bullying. Yes, even 9-11, and the attack on Pearl Harbor. I believe we can do better, and are intelligent enough to understand what happens if we do not. Thus, in part from what Mahatma Gandhi has said about reaching real peace through children, I believe we must reach real peace through everyone.
LOUIS COHEN, WOODSTOCK
Story implied only whites prosecute blacks
Regarding the article “Motion: Prosecutors excluded black jurors” (News, March 20), nowhere is skin color mentioned when referring to the prosecutors. I suppose we are to assume they are white, since there is no hesitation to call the defendants black. The inference here is that readers are supposed to know in advance that if a black person is prosecuted for a crime, it has to be a white person who’s doing the prosecuting. The incident referred to in this article did occur more than 40 years ago, which doesn’t excuse racial profiling, but the underlying theme is that black people should never trust white people today or ever. I certainly hope that is not the intention of the author, but the article speaks for itself.
JACK FRANKLIN, CONYERS
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