NO PROOF OF DRUGS

It is obvious that Karen Kent has no idea what she is talking about.
Alberto Sepulveda's father is completely innocent! The police never found
any drugs in the Sepulvedas' home, car or on their bodies. Nor is there any
proof that Moises Sepulveda was manufacturing any drugs. So why should he
go to prison?

The government knows that it made a mistake by raiding the home. In regard
to Officer David Hawn, who cares? Common sense should tell you not to point
a loaded shotgun at a scared, defenseless child who is lying face down in
his bedroom first thing in the morning. Because of his clumsiness, a child
is dead.

Erin C. Kenney,
Modesto

SEPULVEDAS DESERVE CASH

I can't believe that anyone could suggest that this young boy, Alberto
Sepulveda, was justifiably shot by Officer David Hawn because the father
was accused of manufacturing drugs ("Sepulveda settlement," Letters, April
24). No child deserves to die just because a parent is a suspect of a crime.

We have a court system. This family deserves a big settlement for the
mistake that Hawn made. Yeah, money can't bring Alberto back. But as
citizens, we should not have any tolerance for compromising children's
safety. No matter what kind of background these children have to live
under, children should be first.

If parents don't give a child a sense of security, shouldn't our law
enforcement (police) make a child feel a sense of security? So, put it
where it hurts. In the Sepulveda pocketbook. Thank God we do have good
officers in Modesto.

Lydia Berton,
Salida