Henderson cops were just doing their jobs
To the editor:
The Henderson Police Department is taking flak for detaining and questioning seven Muslims in December (“Muslims criticize Henderson police tactics,” Saturday Review-Journal). My question: How many people knew that the seven Muslims were engaged in their evening prayers? The answer is seven. The concerned citizen who called the police didn’t know. The officers sent to investigate the reason for the citizen’s concern certainly didn’t know. Only the Muslims knew what they were doing.
So when the police arrived at the location, they did what police everywhere do in similar circumstances: They conducted an investigation. I wasn’t there, but I’m guessing that they got identification from each man, then separated each from the other to question them (to compare stories). Then they would have checked each individual for warrants and, based on the circumstances at the time, possibly searched their vehicle.
Police are allowed under the law to detain people for the purpose of investigating suspicious behavior. The person who called the police definitely found the actions of those men to be suspicious. As evidenced by the cell phone video that has been released, the police conducted their investigation in a very safe, professional manner, showing no disrespect to any of the men.
Despite what some might believe from watching TV, such investigations cannot be wrapped up in a few minutes. All things considered, 45 minutes to resolve the issue, with the number of people involved, does not seem at all out of line.
Contrary to what the Council on American-Islamic Relations is stating, the Henderson police were not harassing the Muslims. They were merely investigating suspicious activity as reported by a concerned citizen who had no idea that the men were Muslim.
Jim Graham
Las Vegas
Direct cause
To the editor:
In their respective lists of the Top 10 sports movies of all time, neither Ed Graney nor Ron Kantowski mentioned a single director of any of the movies (Sunday Review-Journal). This is like discussing North Carolina’s top teams without mentioning Dean Smith, Indiana without mentioning Bobby Knight, or UCLA without mentioning John Wooden.
“Rocky” was No. 1 on Mr. Kantowki’s list and No. 2 on Mr. Graney’s list. The “Rocky” director, John G. Avildsen, won the Academy Award for directing that movie.
Teams don’t coach themselves, and sports movies don’t direct themselves.
Tony Macklin
Las Vegas
Mailing tips
To the editor:
In reply to letter writer James Davenport, who stated that sending a parcel through the U.S. Postal Service is slightly more onerous than a root canal: As a retired postal worker with 17 years experience dealing with customers’ mailing packages, let me give him some input from the other side.
It would be easier and more expedient if a customer would do the following so as not to hold up the line:
1. Properly wrap your package. Don’t put fragile items in a soft box.
2. Properly seal the parcel. Scotch tape and masking tape do not hold. Use duct tape or packaging tape.
3. Clearly address the parcel. Don’t use small address labels when mailing a large parcel.
4. Have a basic idea when you would like your parcel to be there. Don’t tell the clerk you need the parcel across the country by the next day and want it to go parcel post.
5. Have your forms, such as insurance forms or delivery confirmation forms, filled out before you get to the window.
6. The post office is not a car dealership. Please do not try to negotiate price.
7. If you are mailing an item, don’t criticize the window clerk if your mail was delivered later than usual the previous day.
8. Have your payment ready.
9. Don’t talk on your cell phone or text while at the window. Remember there are others behind you.
On a personal note, I find having a root canal done much more onerous than mailing a parcel at the post office.
Stephen Rosin
Las vegas
Reid gaffe
To the editor:
I wish everyone would stop picking on our senior senator from Nevada, Harry Reid. After all, “only 36,000 people lost their jobs last month.”
That’s the reason we need Sen. Reid in Washington — to bring us that sort of “good news,” as he put it. So please, America, stop picking on our senator. He can’t help it if he has a predilection to keep putting his foot in his mouth. Leave Harry alone. Please.
George Pucine
Las Vegas
Covert Reid fan?
To the editor:
If Tea Party candidate Jon Scott Ashjian is the patriot he claims to be, he’d get behind the conservative Republican candidate most likely to oust Harry Reid (Review-Journal, Monday). I’m not convinced he isn’t a covert Reid supporter.
Even if you buy his “patriot” line and believe that he actually could win, do we really want a guy who can’t manage his own finances, much less ours?
Shirley Bahr
Las Vegas
