Aug. 8 Letters to the Editor

Wrong people arrested

The Omega Morgan company has been contracted to haul the megaloads to Alberta. They are a good example of the current corporate domination and rule of America.

Their plan was to allow nothing to stop their shipments. They likely planned to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars when they lose in court. For them it's just a cost of doing business.

Members of the Nez Perce Tribe and other concerned citizens are heroes for blocking the megaload. The wrong people were sent to jail.

Dick Artley

Grangeville

Standing up to bullies

My deepest gratitude to the Nez Perce Tribal Council for its powerful opposition to the blatant bullying of Omega Morgan by threatening to move unauthorized megaloads up our U.S. Highway 12 corridor.

The Niimiipuu are uniquely positioned to remind us of the consequences of unlawful, willful imposition of private economic interests and public passivity.

May we all take heed.

Nancy Collins

Lenore

Roles reversed

The media did jump to conclusions regarding race, based off NBC's manipulation of the dispatch call. NBC is also being sued. They screwed things up for George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. That didn't cause the outrage.

The outrage was that Zimmerman simply claimed self-defense and law enforcement considered the matter closed.

Zimmerman spent less time in an interview than most people do in the drunk tank. People recognized that, had roles been reversed, Martin's explanation of events wouldn't have been met with a response by police of, "That seems legit." That's the outrage.

To the question of anyone hearing of an NAAWP, the answer is, yes. They just go by other names like Stormfront, Aryan Nations, KKK, Hammerskins and, in the past, the Democratic Party.

Although, to be fair to Democrats, it seems this new breed of Republicans has taken up the cause Democrats dropped.

Dispatch did not tell Zimmerman to stay in his vehicle, only that they didn't need him following the person (i.e., looking for trouble). Logic tells us it's safer and drier to drive around to the nearest street sign or house number than to get out of a vehicle into the rain in a poorly lit area at night to track someone considered "suspicious," "up to no good" and who "looks like he's on drugs."

Finally, the "ground and pound" description given by John Good was an embellishment. Martin didn't know martial arts, nor pretend he did. Martin wasn't looking for victims; he was the victim.

James Foley

Kamiah