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Deborah Lind, in her Jan. 17letter, "Claim that police see Black people as the enemy' is ludicrous,'"arguesthat the claims of police officers seeing Black people as enemies is ludicrous.

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By coincidence, on that very same day, on the very samepage of the Dispatch, a column by Rashawn Ray titled, "The scary stats about Black men, police," appeared.

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I suggest thatLind read thatcolumn with an open mind to see that the claims of police officers' mistreatment, often violent to the point of murder, are hardly

ludicrous.

Of course, there are kind and honest officers. I have metseveral.

But, as the saying goes, "One rotten apple spoils the wholebarrel."

Neelam Soundarajan, Dublin

We are now in a situation where the U.S. Supreme Court is putting citizens personal liberties over the health and well-being of other citizens. The court overturned President Joe Bidens mandate that companies with 100 or more employees require that these employees be vaccinated OR submit to Covid tests on a weekly basis.

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Vaccination naysayers amongst any of these employees would not have to get a vaccination.

All they would have to do is be tested.

This would be critical to their health and the health of others around them. How difficult could this be?Conservative politics played a big rolein the courts decision.

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Lets come together on the COVID issues, America.

Most Americans claim to be caring individuals. Im starting to doubt this when it comes to issues facing this nation.

Wayne Branfield, Columbus

Why are Ohio lawmakers unwilling to make or keep regulatory gun laws that protect law-abiding citizens from themselves?What about all the unintentional deaths resulting from weak gun laws?

Poor James Williams of Columbus (Canton Repository, Jan. 7, "Widow: They just shot him'"), a law-abiding, upstanding human being who was fatally shot by a police officer after he was firing his wifes AR-15 into the air in celebration on New Years Eve.

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I grieve for him and his loved ones for this senseless tragedy.

James would be alive today, if tighter gun regulations would have kept James from handling his wifes gun irresponsibly.

James didnt have a permit.Why should those people be allowed to own guns?Clearly they are not using them for protection, as stated in the Second Amendment.

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Stronger gun regulations might make law-abiding citizens take guns more seriously and therefore act more responsibly with this freedom to bear arms, that they so desperately feel entitled to.

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The fact of the matter is, the less guns out there, the less gun deaths.

Whats wrong with having restrictions on gun ownership to protect these law-abiding citizens from their own irresponsible acts which lead to unintentional shooting deaths?

Susie Stan, Columbus

President Joe Biden had an extremely difficult first year, but he has been down before and has popped back up.

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Remember the presidential primary, when he was on the ropes with no money and few supporters and yet he came back and won?

Never count old Joe out. America loves a comeback story and Joe Biden may provide one.

Michael Oser, Columbus

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