Fighting the terror underground

Brooklyn: The reality of a New York City subway terrorist attack has happened, as it has happened in the London Underground. A suicide bomber with a crude bomb strapped to himself went off prematurely. Had it detonated in a crowded subway car or platform, it could have been disastrous. It is time to change the strategy in dealing with those wish to commit these types of attacks. Let the NYPD have the ability to compile intelligence on people or groups of people conspiring to commit these deadly attacks. If this is this new trend, the local police should be able work with federal agencies to combat terrorism. It is certain those who oversee a radical organization will use this as a platform, to show what went wrong and then to correct it.

There are so many subway stations throughout New York, including entrances and passageways. Too many ways to enter the system, travel to anywhere in the city with maybe a suitcase or backpack bomb then detonate it in a crowded area.

We were lucky this time. Once those planning these attacks make the necessary adjustments to execute them almost flawlessly, it will then be a sad day in New York City or anywhere else such an attack happens to occur. Joseph V. Comperchio Bolton, Mass.: Your website’s headline on Monday said: “Suspect sets off pipe bomb near Port Authority bus terminal.” If he set off the bomb, he is a bomber, not just a suspect. If he is a suspect, then he is only suspected of setting off the bomb. B.J. Herbison

Soft on terror

Bronx: Please don’t be surprised if our newly reelected progressive mayor charges the four hero police officers, who brought down the terrorist with obstruction of the terrorist’s civil rights. That sounds about right for the progressive and far left. It will be interesting to see what happens. So, I want to take this opportunity to say, “thank you” to the cops. There are many of us who respect and thank them for what they do.

Lindy Friedman

Hang ’em high

Brooklyn: So some mutt tries to kill as many as possible, again. What to do with “It”? Run “It” through the courts, jail “It,” feed “It”? Have the good people of New York trying to get to work or school to make a better life for themselves and loved ones foot the bill? A lot of question to answer, huh? Let’s do it the right way. Terminate “It.” Just like a cancer cell. Terminate “It.” However how we terminate “It,” let’s take a vote. People, write to the Daily News and let’s see what real New Yorkers feel about “It.” Speak your peace. Enough of this s--- already. Jeffrey P. Smith

Shut the gates

Los Angeles: How to stop the next terror attack? Closing the gates will work, and so would a wall. I am a legal Hispanic immigrant, but this is crazy with this Muslims. Octavio Herrera

Protecting terrorists I

Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: So de Blasio’s sanctuary city is not that safe. He’d rather see a terrorist attack on his citizens than admit that President Trump is right on immigration. It was only by sheer luck that this attack was not a mass massacre. When are these politicians going to wake up and start protecting citizens instead of the terrorists? Ralph Cioffi

Protecting terrorists II

Metuchen, N.J.: How is your sanctuary city going, Mr. Mayor and Mr. Governor? This is the second attack this year, in our greatest city in the world. If we have to keep 1,000 immigrants out to save one America, so be it. Shouldn’t we have been allowed to deport this guy, Akayed Ullah? Go back to the drawing board and let Police Commissioner Jimmy O’Neill call the shots. He I trust and have faith in.

Carol Hoousendove

Death is the most dissatisfied

Nantucket, Mass.: Maybe Mayor de Blasio will give the Port Authority subway pipe bomber a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card? A slap on the wrist with some community service thrown in? The sanctuary city mayor is giving prisoners satisfaction surveys. If the perps fill it out, they get a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card. When will their victims get their questionnaires and gift cards? What’s in your wallet? Michael Velsmid

Calling all monsters

Yorktown, N.Y.: Can Steve Salerno publish a chart for us little ladies to consult, so we know when someone’s career accomplishments are modest enough that we are allowed to be offended, threatened and economically and socially repressed by rampant sexual abuse and assault (“Stop calling Matt Lauer, Louis C.K. and even Harvey Weinstein ‘monsters’ ” Dec. 9)? I thought because O.J. never won a Super Bowl it was OK to call him a misogynistic abuser who likely decapitated his ex-wife and her friend. I was unaware that he once played in such an important football game at USC. I also enjoyed many Miramax movies over the years and I hope you can put me in touch with the endless parade of Harvey’s rape-victims so I can remind them how much we all enjoyed “Good Will Hunting.” Ellen Watts

Police immunity

Camp Hill, Ala.: A jury acquitted ex-police officer Philip Brailsford of second-degree murder and reckless manslaughter (“Arizona cop cleared of murder after fatally shooting unarmed man,” Dec. 8). Indicting a ham sandwich is one thing , indicting an officer another. Philip Stinson, criminal justice professor at Bowling Green State University and ex-police officer, found only 41 on-duty officers from 2005 to 2011 were charged with murder or manslaughter. The FBI recorded several thousand justified homicides in that same time period. Why such disparity? In 1989, the Supreme Court, in Graham vs. O’Connor virtually immunized and incentivized officers to brutalize citizens. Officers didn’t actually have to be threatened. They only had to “believe” there’s a threat. And they all do. This law, like Plessy vs. Ferguson, birthed monstrosities. An officer murdered Eric Garner, he used a prohibited chokehold. No indictment. Four NYPD officers unleashed a fusillade of 41 shots at Amadou Diallo. They killed him. His crime? He stood on his porch and pulled out his wallet. All four officers were acquitted. While Graham vs. O’Connor prevails, citizens lives are imperiled.

Marc D. Greenwood

Ugly images

Bronx: Watching the video of Daniel Shaver’s death by Mesa, Ariz., police was the most harrowing thing I have experienced since the news of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. That includes the survivor guilt, worse this time for fear of rationalizing and forgetting. I am forced to agree with the acquittal because the fault is collective, to believe the city of Mesa must pay a steep damages price for its butchery. Yet I still feel wronged.

Jorge Sierra

Poetic justice

Danbury, Conn.: Edgar Allan Poe said it best. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary . . . Quoth the raven, Never Moore.”

Richard Glehan

Snow etiquette

Brooklyn: Don’t throw snow in a street the plows just cleaned. Make a pile in front or behind your car near your driveway. If you shovel snow into the street, a plow will come along and put it right back. That’s their job, so don’t yell at them. Common sense says that the elderly and people with disabilities cannot always shovel. Make a little path to help them. It will be greatly appreciated. Many years ago, those elderly shoveled for others. Now it’s their turn to get a break.

Dorothy Collins

Yankee coal

DAVID CRANFORD Bronx: Bill Madden is dead-on here (“Marlin deal smells fishy,” Dec. 10). The Yankees didn’t need to make this deal. The second half of this contract will just as bad as Ellsbury’s contract is now. Will Stanton’s contract cause jealousy in the clubhouse? Will it ruin team chemistry? Will it prevent the Yankees from signing homegrown talent to club friendly contracts? Will we now have to trade Aaron Hicks and/or Clint Frazier? This was why I hated the Yankees before George Steinbrenner was suspended and Gene Michael took over. And I thought Brian Cashman was a genius over the past two seasons. This move is just terrible. All of this offense was on the cheap. They could have signed all, if not most, to long-term team-friendly contracts like the Cleveland Indians did in the mid-90s and then gone after pitching. So frustrating to see someone else screw up the team you love. The Yankees were becoming America’s team, but not anymore. They are back to outspending everyone again. That really sucks. Bah humbug. Ed Kelly