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To the Editor:
This letter is written in regard to an incident
that occurred Monday night around 6:30 p.m.
at the intersection of Wheat and Sumter
Streets. At that time, my 10-year-old Dodge
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other ailment and stopped dead at the stop sign
at this corner.
As I was unable to revive it, I opened the hood
of my car in hopes that some understanding
soul would come to my assistance. To my glee,
two campus policemen in a sedan slowly approached,
turned their heads to look and slowly
drove away. I was dumbfounded. There was no
way that they could not have seen me and
comprehended that I needed aid as I was
standing in the middle of the road frantically
waving my hands, screaming obscenities as
well as having my car hood raised, the symbol
of distress on the road?or so I had thought.
With some difficulty I was able to push my
car in neutral down the hill into a parking
place. Quite upset, I walked to the campus
police station and had a verbal battle with a
desk sergeant about the hazards that my
disabled car had posed to passing cars that
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could easily have smashed into my Dodge's
backside, as well as its blocking traffic at an
important intersection and the fact that his
cohorts had seen me and ignored my
predicament.
Instead of an apology, which would have
satisfied my anger, the policeman gave me
rebuttals as to why they did not need to stop and
assist me. They included: 1. The policemen
might have been on their way to a "stake out";
2. The campus police were busy people and
with the basketball game that night, they may
not have had time to stop (?); 3. Even though
they should have stopped to investigate
because the breakdown had occurred within
their iurisdiction (his confession), it was not
absolutely necessary because car breakdowns
happen all the time. They are a low priority.
In essence, my breakdown was a low priority
item that the busy campus policemen didn't
have time to rectify.
Well, then what are campus police for? What
if I had had someone in the car that needed
medical assistance? Wasn't my car breakdown
considered a hazard to other drivers by being
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obscured, by darkness (no lights) at an important
intersection before a basketball game?
One ffirl had stonned and said she had almost
run into the back of my car because she hadn't
seen me until she was right on top of my trunk.
What about a potential traffic jam?
The two policemen that passed me (and
make no mistake about it, they saw me) may
have been on their way to answer another call
for assistance, but if they were they were sure
taking their time about getting there. Even if
they couldn't stop, why couldn't they had
radioed in and have someone else help me?
I'm not writing this to accuse all campus
policemen of being incompetent and arrogant;
just these three. But if more of the campus
policemen adhere to the lack of concern,
diplomacy, and irresponsibility that these men
possess, then USC is indeed an insecure place
to study and reside in.
I have alwavs thought that the motto of all
policemen was to "serve and protect". Maybe
this slogan pertains only to professional
policemen.
CHUCK CROMER
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To the Editor:
Do you realize the effect a
boldface headline such as "Stop
State Killing" has? If it is done
often enough, people, without
really having studied the matter,
begin to believe it and agree with
it. Look at the impact the '4I
FOUND IT" campaign enjoys. The
sad part is that a writer for The
Gamecock has mastered such a
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repeated it to maybe 10,000 people.
Birch Bayh commends you.
As to the body of the "Stop State
Killing" article, it appears that
your esteemed author has chosen
to play word games. He (she or it)
writes "A definition of deterence
must be established, wnyf if
capital punishment is re-instated
and enforced, one of two things will
occur: A) people will not commit
crimes punishable by death out of
fear of death or b) people who
insist on playing with their lives
and ours too, will no longer be able
to play with ours anymore. In those
terms, law abiding people will be
protected whether criminals
choose to be deterred or not.
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