To the editor:
It seems to me that Mr. Kipp is still having trouble with probable cause. In his latest letter to The County, he offered an example where probable cause was found to be not probable. That case was the Supreme Court decision Beck vs. Ohio. I don’t know why Mr. Kipp wasted so many words on it because there was never any doubt that there are cases where probable cause is questionable. That is why suspected illegals are detained before they are deported. Obviously, deportation at the level that we are experiencing now is new to us, so mistakes are being made. That is why I think it is more important to concentrate on solving the problems we face with deportation than playing the blame game.
The topics that Mr. Kipp chooses to discuss lead me to believe that he is more interested in trying to prove racism against “brown” people than exploring solutions for the illegal migration problem. He made no mention to my question, “If a crime is committed and 80 percent of the people committing the crime are people of any color, white included, is it racial profiling if 80 percent of the people that color are questioned about the crime?”
He mentioned illegals living peacefully in our country for years. I asked, “Does that make illegal entry into our country any less a crime?”
Mr. Kipp made the comment, “We are a nation of laws.” I asked, “If we are truly a nation of laws why do some people have a problem with deporting those who break our laws by entering our country illegally?”
My question, “If the protests are violent and whoever is in charge fails to act, and Trump feels the need to protect the public, is he justified in doing so?” I asked,” Where should the bar be set for demonstrators before law enforcement is allowed to act?” Mr. Kipp has chosen to ignore these questions. I’m sure it was just because he ran out of allotted words, so I hope to hear from him again.
Walter Crean
Madawaska
