[And got a letter in response at this link
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/282470/racism-is-not-insignificant?CSAuthResp=1319237611%3A89lsn5b9k0jauul227m7ckij34%3ACSUserId|CSGroupId%3Aapproved%3AAB54235C0D5EFCBA362B8847DFA57724&CSUserId=94&CSGroupId=1
[My response to the letter about my letter]
Lyn Betz does what she accuses me of doing, i.e., presents a false choice. The persistent lamentation of law enforcement agencies is they do not have enough resources to address all crime. They create priorities. The murder of 11-year-old Celina Cass remains unsolved. Until that is done it remains a higher priority than graffiti. Finding her killer merits more than the "community's strongest condemnation." It demands all available police resources. For an FBI agent to hold a press conference for a matter which the FBI has no jurisdiction is shameful. Ms. Betz is a more appropriate speaker against hate speech.
Equating graffiti by local hooligans to the Holocaust is nonsense, typical propaganda. The Holocaust was government sponsored character assassination, thuggery and mass murder, not the work of private thugs. No need for a ticket to the Museum, my aunt was a victim of the Holocaust. Too many propagandists use the Holocaust to diminish it for their own selfish reasons. Fake love leads only to hate. Distorted priorities lead this nation into loving oppression and hating freedom.
Lyn Betz, Bradford
For the Monitor
September 28, 2011
[My original letter]
This is a crime of graffiti, vandalism, expressing hate speech. How does this rise to an heinous event that requires a press conference by the state AG and the FBI? How does this event merit more attention from the crime fighting public safety agencies of the state and US government than the murder of an innocent 11-year-old girl, Celina Cass? Who creates the priorities for the police and the FBI? In MA, local and state police and the FBI target persons with disabilities. The police love to harass and to deny persons with disabilities access to protection from violent crime. Here the police mechanisms extend the powers of government to address a non violent crime. Are all of the highly paid police and special agents too fragile to work on violent crime? Is that why the AG held a press conference because there are no dangers? How pathetic. Here's one more example of what is terribly wrong with government. "How was your day dear?" "I spoke at a press conference in NH to condemn graffiti. I'm tired out thinking about such a terrible crime."
[From article]
"State law enforcement called in the FBI shortly after the graffiti was found Sunday morning."
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/281118/reward-offered-in-vandalism-case
Reward offered in vandalism case
FBI called in to assist with inquiry
Press Conference at Vandalized House
By Sarah Palermo
Concord NH Monitor staff
September 21, 2011
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