DRUG WAR IS WINNABLE

Michael Graham's attack on the drug raid at Stratford High School ("The Usual
Suspects," Nov. 12) completely ignores the evidence of student drug possession
which members of the Goose Creek Police raiding party uncovered.

According to one member of the police team, "Woof woof. Bark woof woof
bark. Bark."

Another police team member has stated that "Ruff ruff. Bark woof bark.
Arf bark woof woof."

These members of the Goose Creek Police raiding team are prepared to
place their paws on the Bible and testify about student drug
possession under oath before a grand jury.

No decent member of the community should doubt the barks of these
dedicated anti-drug police agents. Doubtless the largely
African-American Stratford students who were the targets of the drug
raid will deny the testimony of these highly trained and dedicated
experts, who smell illegal and invisible substances far better than
human beings do.

Paramilitary police need to point their revolvers at teenagers,
handcuff them, and force them to the floor to keep our schools free of
crime and violence. Support your local police dogs, and stop
criticizing this necessary raid. Recent U.S. Justice Department
statistics show that most of these African-American hoodlums are going
to prison within a few years anyway. The sooner Principal McCrackin
helps them learn this at gunpoint, the better prepared for it they
will be.

Robert Merkin

Northampton, Mass.