LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It pays to keep an eye on crime

12/15/2011

Toledo law enforcement is taking a proactive approach by wanting to put cameras in high-crime areas ("Police mull cameras to deter crime," Dec. 8). But the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has taken issue, saying that Big Brother would be watching, and that would be an invasion of people's privacy.

Is this any different from having cameras in stores to catch shoplifters, in banks to catch robbers, or at intersections to catch red-light runners?

In this post-9/11 era, cameras have been a useful tool in crime prevention. Without this technology, crime would be more rampant. This is the price we pay to help keep us safe.

Bob Hayman

Beverly Drive

 

Anti-Obama poster crosses the line

While I was out recently with my family in Uptown Maumee, we saw some protesters, which has become commonplace these days on a lot of street corners.

Much to my surprise, my children cried out: "Mommy, look at President Obama!" There, prominently displayed, was a large poster of the President with an Adolf Hitler-style moustache.

Whether or not you support President Obama, to alter his face with such an egregious image of evil is disgusting and disgraceful.

Mary Rava Miller

Maumee

 

Send some inmates to foreign lands

I am against capital punishment, but your Dec. 7 article "Man, 27, indicted in deaths of mom, teen son over $4" almost changed my mind.

As an alternative, perhaps we could arrange with a foreign country to outsource these criminals. The agreement would include that there would be no torture.

While studies have shown that capital punishment does not deter crime, I believe that this punishment would.

Peter Erdman

Monroe

 

Will lawmakers restrict gun access?

The number of shootings in Toledo each week, aside from the number of 2011 murders to date, is staggering and senseless.

Carrying guns continues to be dangerous. Ohio legislators could do something to stop the easy access to guns. When will they?

Sharon Rappaport

Sylvania