DRUGS ARE TO BLAME

I've been hearing that everybody in Columbus is angry about this young man
getting shot. I am sorry this young man got shot, but I am not angry at the
sheriff's department or Sheriff Ralph Johnson.

What I am angry about is seeing, hearing and reading about the shooting for
the last 12 days. I don't believe Ralph Johnson should step down. Let the
GBI investigate the case.

Some people are always saying racism is involved, but what about the actual
drug dealers (color makes no difference) when they sell drugs to kids? In
one area which is majority black, black people are selling drugs; about a
half-mile away in a majority white area, white people are selling drugs.

What I am trying to say is, don't get mad with the Sheriff's Department, get
mad with the drug dealers, because if the drug dealers had not been selling
drugs in Columbus, Mr. Walker would not have been shot.

RONALD A. BUTLER, Columbus