Where's the Justice?

from Melissa...

In today's LSJ letters to the editor NONE address the editorial Safety Plan. Questions cross my mind:

• Was my letter the ONLY one submitted about the editorial?


• Or did SO FEW submit letters to the LSJ in response to its assessment of the Mayor's plan (and/or LSJ coverage of victims of violence)?


• How can there be NOTHING to print on this very important community topic?

Thinking back on the LSJ's coverage about the murdered child Ricky Holland, I wonder, where's the justice??

Letter to the Editor

August 21, 2007

LSJ’s Editorial “Safety Plan” (Aug. 21) raises questions about Mayor Bernero’s plan for a safe city but none address two issues especially impacting Lansing residents:

Who is the Mayor consulting from Lansing neighborhoods about how best to keep our communities safe? Video surveillance cameras will not intervene attackers breaking into our homes, as happened in the murders of Debra Renfors and Ruth Hallman.

Also, how is the City of Lansing going to confront violence targeted against women? Add Deborah Cooke and Brandon Williams to the list and we find that recent murders include one male, who at 17 years counts as a child.

Mr. Mayor, please engage the neighborhoods and women of Lansing directly in revising this plan for a safe city.

Melissa Dey Hasbrook
Lansing