LET'S NOT MAKE HEROES OUT OF CRIMINALS

Editor:

Re: Al Beeber's column, Jan. 26, Snoop concert a lesson in tolerance.
Al, I'm not sure what you were smoking but please. . .

"The rapport all the artists had was magical" - very magical when
they call for the lights to go down and light up your joints so the
cops can't see. Yup, that's magical.

I didn't pay money to see that garbage but I have issues that an
apparently educated person would not only pay for the ticket but not
question why our Canadian immigration minister would make an
exception to the law and allow a convicted criminal into Canada. For
the love of money?

Do you honestly believe that his "fellow Crips urged him to leave the
gang and develop his artistic skills"?

I'm quite sure his music is supporting his "fellow Crips."

These gangs do not urge you to leave if you still have something to
offer them. The LAPD still arrests him for gang crimes involving
drugs and guns. Do you think we should be tolerant of these behaviours?

To suggest "wannabe gangstas in our city" should fellow in this
convicted criminals' footsteps is absolutely ludicrous." Wannabe
gangstas"should find positive alternatives. This guy is hardly a role model.

Please, before you write this garbage, use your journalistic talent
to research the facts and issues. It's not that this criminal is
misunderstood, but people like you encourage our children to
hero-worship this garbage.

Monica Cove

Lethbridge