CRITICAL LETTER MISGUIDED; SLAIN POLICE OFFICER A HERO

A Monday letter ("Narcotics officers' main intent: Depriving us of our
rights") that stated that slain police Officer Sherry Lyons-Williams was at
war with the American people and that her intent was to make America unfree
shows twisted thinking.

The myth that narcotics are nonviolent and harmless is a blatant lie.
Narcotics are harmful to the human body and the human mind.

Drug use tears apart our social fabric. I know children who have been raped
and beaten because their parents were drug-addicted and negligent. These
tragedies occur daily across the nation. Don't tell me drug use is harmless.

Was officer Lyons-Williams a dangerous bully? Of course not. Shewas
attempting to make South Atlanta free for our children. Free from chemical
addiction, murder, prostitution and gang activity.

Officer Lyons-Williams gave her life for the children of Atlanta. There can
be no greater hero in Georgia.

Chris Cowie
Athens