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Perspectives Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 your feedback Our Thoughts Watch the video T. Pat Cavanaugh is the publisher of The Rockdale News and The Covington News. He can be reached at [email protected] Website Feedback guest column ‘Don’t Shoot’ t-shirt aimed at wrong target Dick Yarbrough Columnist You can reach Dick Yarbrough at yarb2400@ bellsouth.net; at P Box 725373, .O. Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough. com or on Facebook at facebook.com/ dickyarb Let’s get off the backs of law enforcement, shall we? Most of us couldn’t do their job or wouldn’t do it if we had the chance. The truth is that police officers are no worse than the rest of society and probably better than most of it. It continues to amaze me that we can find people willing to put up with the verbal and physical abuse, Read more “Are there bad police officers? Certainly. Are there police officers that have abused their authority? Absolutely. There are also bad teachers and preachers and doctors and lawyers and CEOs as well as bad publicity-seeking opportunists masquerading as community activists, using a compliant media in hopes of getting their 15 minutes of fame.” Your response to “Learning the lessons from Ferguson” workingamerican: Loitering behind a fast food establishment with a fake gun stuck in his waistband? Sorry but had he pulled that and pointed it at the police, that is NOT a wrongful shooting. Why would someone be hanging around with a fake gun in their waistband as though it were a real gun? There is no rational reason someone would other than that they were planning to rob someone using a pretend weapon. Which goes back to Ferguson -what brought on a confrontation with police? Stealing from a convenience store, roughing up the clerk, and walking in the middle of the street, talking trash. That’s what created the incident, not the policeman or his race. The situation was created by someone who had been For more, visit rockdalenews.com