OTHER SIDE OF STORY

In response to Mr. Samuel Smith's letter, "The silent majority," Mr. Smith
clearly speaks from both sides of his mouth. He feels his rights have been
violated because he may have received a seat belt ticket and feels law
enforcement should be out catching drug dealers and drunk drivers.

Well Mr. Smith, let me enlighten you to the fact that your peers and
elected officials have made it almost impossible to catch drug dealers and
drunk drivers. The Supreme Court says you cannot have a drug dog at a
safety check point. They compare census to determine if the police are
stopping too many blacks, Hispanics, etc., and then cry racial profiling.

It is a shame that the cry of foul is usually from the guilty party.

Mr. Smith, if you were a law enforcement officer and stopped someone who
had several kilos of cocaine and were subsequently sued because the only
way for the drug dealer to get off is to cry "racial profiling," which
would you chose to do? Stop another drug dealer or write a seat bewlt
ticket? Before you answer, remember that when you are sued half your wages
will be garnished and now you will make only $6.50 an hour.

It surely is not worth getting shot at and taking the chance that you may
not ever see your children again because you were shot or killed in an
automobile accident chasing a drunk driver.

Chad Payne,

Warner Robins