Letters to the Editor
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The policies of President Donald Trump are horrific but hardly unpredictable. Between President Joe Biden and his Justice Department taking their time prosecuting Trump and the voters putting him back in office, he has never been...
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A nurse’s face was slashed by a Rikers detainee earlier this month. Subsequently, DOC spokesperson Patrick Rocchio stated, “Our jails must be, above all else, safe and secure… Assaults on any staff will not be...
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During the past two months the Trump administration, aided in Congress by a submissive Republican Party and ineffectual Democratic Party, has driven the country down a road to an authoritarian state. Fear and anticipatory obedience...
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It is naive and divisive to assume that every racist in this country voted Republican. It is similarly naive and divisive to assume that every Democratic voter was not racist (“Future tense,” Letters, The Chief, March 14).
Black...
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Some have said they believe that Trump’s contradictions and constant conflicts are his ultimate cover, that is, as a deliberate strategy. Trump said he wants to run for a third term and he doesn’t. He says he wants to have Canada...
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Predicting the future, especially in the context of immigration, is like trying to catch a slippery eel. This adage, attributed to Yogi Berra, still holds true in today’s world. But upon careful examination of the changing...
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A plea bargain will have a 22-year-old Brooklyn man serving only 19 years on a manslaughter charge. A 28-year-old Bronx man plea bargained to attempted assault and received only 7 years for shooting dead an innocent bystander. A...
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The state of South Carolina executed death row prisoner Brad Signon, 67, by firing squad last Friday. According to prosecutors, in 2001 Signon used a baseball bat to murder his ex-girlfriend’s parents.
Three prison employees, all...
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