STONERS, NOT MURDERERS

This letter is in response to David Smith's May 3 sob story about the
City of College Park's law enforcement. Smith is overtly
over-sympathetic to the city's drug team, apparently led by Julie
Heng. Also, I am shocked at Smith's "lump-summing" of criminals, as he
puts murderers in the same category as the casual pot smokers. To
quote Smith, "This is an unfair game that police officers must play
every day. There are no rules for the criminals. They choose to use
any tactic at their discretion, including murder." Who gets stoned and
kills someone? The "criminals" targeted by Heng and her
Super-Secret-Undercover-Facebook-Swat-Team are not murderers - they're
stoners! Make the distinction, recognize that pot crimes are not
murders, and ask yourself: Whose side are you on?

MIRIAM WHITEHILL

Senior

Marketing