Police do little but harass citizens, should stop crime

No wonder our city has such problems with crime ÷ TPD's Captain Leavitt actually thinks that breaking up parties and arresting underage drinkers will stop the fact that "people are being raped, beaten and killed." If that is the case, then maybe we should just outlaw alcohol altogether. Oh wait, they already tried that. · The last rape I remember hearing about was either in a parking garage in the middle of the day or in a prison surrounded by police. The last assault was by a university police officer that shoved a 5-foot-3 girl who was standing on the sidewalk and then proceeded to arrest her. The last murder I remember was by police in Mesa, who successfully stopped a suicide with a homicide, shooting a 15-year-old who was surrendering 10 times. Seems to me that we have much bigger problems than underage drinkers; don't you think? [Read article]

When you think about it, in a post-9/11 world, parents would have to be crazy to allow their child, supervised or not, to run around town collecting candy. Are the new neighbors down the street really Raytheon employees transferred here from Los Angeles or are they undercover al-Qaeda agents looking to murder small children with poisoned Butterfingers?

After all, all Americans must be alert, and Halloween should be no exception. [Read article]

Tuesday night's forum at the Student Union Memorial Center, organized by Republican City Councilwoman Kathleen Dunbar, quickly turned toward underage drinking when law enforcement officials again announced that underage drinking is a punishable offense.

Student arguments against this point were varied, but all were ridiculous.

As one ASUA senator pointed out, the guy whose fake ID is confiscated will probably only drink more out of spite. True, and if he's caught again, he'll again be held in violation of the law. Who looks stupid, him or the police? [Read article]

Question: What are you going to be for Halloween?

"Rainbow Brite! Because she is happy and

colors the world with love."

"A Bunny. I didn't know what I was going to be, and I saw the costume in the store. Plus I like to do things that bunnies do · like eat carrots."

"I'm going to be Jesus because Jesus was a black man, and the myths are true." [Read article]