Brooklyn: Joe Lhota’s support for the stop-and-frisk policy brings back memories of 40 years ago, when police officers had no problem beating up suspects. Putting telephone books on someone’s head and hitting the book with a nightstick was a favorite, since it left no marks.
As years went by, the people who were beaten told others about it and many of those people ended up on juries — who no longer automatically believe cops like they once did. How many future jury members and voters do you think have been stopped and frisked?
If stop and frisk is accepted, what is the next logical step? Knock and enter into a home? Just imagine the crime reduction that would result in. How far are we willing to go in trading liberty for safety?
Stop and frisk should never have been permitted. Never. The results are not worth the consequences.
The worst part is that if I was a police officer, I would absolutely want to be able to do all the things I find horrible. Salvatore Luna
Lhota’s muddled message
Brooklyn: Is Joe Lhota really trying to show what N.Y.C. will look like if the Democrats take back City Hall with images of what the city currently looks like under three-time Republican candidate Mike Bloomberg? Or perhaps today’s crazy bikers are the result of all of his old boss Rudy Giuliani’s great “reforms”? Lhota, forgive my bluntness, but you are a moron. And a snake. Jack Dickenson
Disgraceful appeal
Brooklyn: Joe Lhota’s new ad claiming we will return to violence under Mayor de Blasio is disgraceful. Shame on him! I suppose Mayor Bloomberg is responsible for the motorcyclists’ recent violence. Why place this scene at the end of an ad targeted against Bill de Blasio? Nancy Costa
Case closed
Manhattan: New York just went more than a week without a single murder. So much for the argument that without stop and frisk, murder and mayhem will soar. Leo Bazile
Counterpoint
Forest Hills: Bill de Blasio’s criticisms of the Giuliani administration and Ray Kelly plainly show that he is clueless concerning crime, and that we will return to the crime-ridden city of the Lindsay-Beame-Koch-Dinkins years if he is elected. Michael Fusco
Sharing holy days
Brooklyn: Why does the Daily News seem so critical of the proposed holidays for Muslim school children? (“Happy halaliday!,” Oct. 16.) How many religious holidays were there during the school year? How many were Christian? How many were Jewish? Muslim and Hindu children have major religious holidays as well. If you do not want one group’s children to get their day off and thus increase the actual number of days off in the school calendar, divide the existing holidays equally among all the groups. Christian parents, do not complain when they only get Good Friday in Holy Week. Angela Alleyne
Insensitivity and evil
Manhattan: Tom Stiglich’s cartoon, “Archaic Symbols of Pride and Heritage” (Oct. 17), speaks to a legitimate issue but sheds more heat than light on the subject. We have made it clear that team names such as Redskins and Indians are insensitive and need to be changed. Insensitivity, however, is not evil intent — which is associated with use of the swastika. In trying to persuade owners and fans to do the right thing, let’s not engage in demagogic comparisons that have no place in the discussion. Evan R. Bernstein
New York Regional Director
Anti-Defamation League
Asleep on the job
Brooklyn: As I drove through Long Island City, I witnessed many NYPD school safety officers out doing not much of anything. Many were grouped together, appearing to have a good time. Many were conversing or texting. Two officers in a car on a side block were sleeping. I expected more of an active search. God, please help find Avonte Oquendo. Charles Eisenbach
Claiming Columbus for Spain
Brooklyn: On behalf of my ancestor Cristóbal Colón, whom you call Christopher Columbus, I want to thank my Italian brothers and sisters for the wonderful parade. I also want to remind you that he was a citizen of Spain, who sailed from Spain on Spanish ships with Spanish captains and crews. Further, he claimed the New World in the name of the King and Queen of Spain and planted the flag of Spain, not Italy, in all of his discoveries. Also, there is no proof that he ever spoke one word of Italian since all of his written documents (including letters to his brothers and to the Bank of Italy) are in Spanish, not Italian. If you want to continue to believe the myth that somehow the son of a poor Italian wool weaver became an expert navigator and discoverer, that’s alright — but do your own research and you will find that in front of your parade someone should be carrying the flag of Spain because Colón was a Spaniard — not an Italian. Daniel Colón
Suffering children
Brooklyn: How did Common Core and its standardized tests get past all of the American people? This is a new curriculum paired with testing that has been forced on all children with the exception of three states that have opted out. New York is going full speed ahead despite the fact that the tests are unfair and the teaching tools (no textbooks) are written not by teachers but by the Pearson Company, which has paired with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Those not familiar with this need to read up on it so it can be stopped before our children suffer greatly. Marie Friedman
Flashback I
Wallington, N.J.: To Voicer Roger French, who thinks we should all be reading Al Sharpton’s book: I think you should read up on Tawana Brawley. Ronnie Deckert
Flashback II
Astoria: To Voicer Roger French: You left out several details regarding Sharpton’s record. These include bearing false witness against white men perpetrating a rape hoax, inciting a massacre at Freddie’s Fashion Mart resulting in seven deaths, inciting a riot in Crown Heights resulting in days of rioting and one death, referring to gays as “homos,” as well as various anti-Semitic slurs. This is the guy you’re proud to have marched with? Brad Morris
Evils, ordered
Forest Hills: James Warren’s observation that the electorate is to blame for putting unqualified people in office is disingenuous at best (“We need to look in the mirror over shutdown, Oct. 16”). We all know that, in most cases, the choice we face come election day is voting for the lesser of two evils. I have no argument with his observation about the lack of knowledge of too many voters or the schools not teaching civics.
Linda Sperling
Consequences
Elmont, L.I.: Punishment for animal cruelty has to be enforced! People who hurt animals are just steps away from hurting other people. The young girl who hurled that kitten into traffic has serious issues — starting with her family’s denial. Pretending it never happened is the same as condoning it. They stated that she has pets of her own, which is also disturbing. Those poor animals need to be taken from that house immediately, and she has to face the consequences for her horrible act! Kate Ratigan
Keeping cats safe
Manhattan: My sympathy goes out to the owners of Little Man, the gray and white tabby kitten who was callously thrown into a car by a cruel person for whom there is no lower circle of hell. I suggest that the owners, who obviously have other cats, keep them in doors at all times. It shouldn’t take too long to teach them, and my vet says a cat that is kept in doors is healthier. Myra Armstrong
Perspective
Manhattan: So people are upset by “gross gunk” on the meat grinders at a grocery store (“Gross-ery,” Oct. 15). Eating animals involves chewing flesh, veins and bones. Farms and slaughterhouses are swimming in blood, guts, feces, antibiotics, ammonia and misery. Compared to that, some gunk on a grinder seems like a non-issue. James Scotto
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