QUESTIONS REMAIN FOLLOWING SHOOTING

The March 10 editorial, "Citizen Down," did ask five important questions
about the shooting of a citizen in his home by a Cumberland County deputy
during the Feb. 27 Waco-style home invasion gone bad to worse. But even if
these questions were answered, the coverage still pales in comparison to
the flamboyant expose on former ABC chief Neill Monroe's DWI, complete with
what he wore to his resignation.

What did Deputy Windham wear to the shooting? Was it a traditional Darth
Vader costume complete with a black ski mask? What about footwear? Was he
wearing jack-boots? Was Windham tested for drugs or alcohol after the
shooting? Were any military personnel along on this "raid"?

Were concussion grenades exploded in that trailer with those two children?
Have the children been tested for permanent hearing loss? Has psychological
counseling been offered to the children? How many people are dependent on
the wounded man's income? Does this family need help?

The Observer should assign the same go-getter fashion-conscious reporters
and photographers who covered Monroe's DWI to cover the shooting.

These grenade-tossing SWAT teams with their no-knock "dynamic entry"
tactics are a menace to society. They increase injuries and deaths to
citizens and police. There is no police business that is not public
business. No police agency can be allowed to close its doors to the press
like Hitler's Stasi Secret Police. This is America.

William Campbell, Fayetteville