I think placing calls to the police federation or Natalie Johnson Lee by people on this list only serves to fan the flames and make a bad situation worse. I certainly don't feel like it's my job to take the police federation to task on behalf of Natalie Johnson Lee. She hasn't asked us to help defend her. She is perfectly capable of defending herself if she feels the need.
This has been a tough week on a lot of people. The police, the mayor, the city council, the police federation, the residents of horn towers, the family and friends of Melissa Schmidt, the family and friends of Martha Donald, and any or all of us who care about any of these people. Can we agree that emotions are heightened right now? Can we forgive that someone may have overreacted because they are grieving and their sensitivities are heightened? More importantly, can we recognize they are human? I think the conjecture on this list about what really happened that awful night, what kind of person Martha Donald really was, what Natalie Johnson Lee really meant in her e-mail, and what the response by the police federation to the e-mail should have been or not been is serving to make a bad situation even worse. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
