New York Daily News

Travesty of freeing a cop killer

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South Farmingdal­e, L.I.: Re “Cop killer parole” (March 15): Really? The ambulance-chasing, slick lawyer of a cold-blooded murdering cop killer (three cops, if you include a manslaught­er in San Francisco!) says, “[Herman Bell] has satisfied all the criteria for parole, he has expressed remorse, he has an unblemishe­d prison record and he’s been extremely involved in helping others inside. It is only correct that the parole board apply the law in this controvers­ial case and granted him parole and we are gratified they did so.”

Who gives a rat’s ass what the hell he did in prison? Bell should stay there and rot, then go to hell, along with his lawyer.

Bell’s in jail for what he did: murder three cops in cold blood. The fact that he’s been a stellar inmate and altar boy has got nothing to do with it.

He actually should have been given a free ticket for Old Sparky and gotten cooked; then we wouldn’t be dealing with this phony, compassion­ate, crap grant of parole.

Bell’s victims never got a second chance, nor should he! This parole board should either be totally replaced or told about how their witless actions are not benefittin­g the public at large or the feelings of the families involved. Mike Pedano

Outrageous decision

Fresh Meadows: The decision of a parole board to grant freedom to Herman Bell, a convicted cop killer, is absolutely insane and an outrage! Bell and his accomplice­s were rightly convicted of murdering two brave, dedicated police officers and were given the appropriat­e jail sentence. Now the parole board, citing good behavior from Bell, feels it is time to allow him to retake his place in society? Are they living in the real world or not? Bell deserves to continue to rot in in prison until the day he dies. All New Yorkers should share this outrage. Bell’s release will be a slap in the face to the families of those police officers, and to every single police officer in this city. We as New Yorkers must angrily raise our voices in protest against this decision by the parole board — now! John Amato

Men with guns kill

South Hempstead, L.I.: Ironic that on the same day that hundreds of thousands of students demonstrat­ed against gun violence, the parole board announced it will let a killer, with guns, of three police officers go free. Disgusting. Michael Quane

Flipping for the right girl

Rochester: Here’s a piece of advice that I want to pass on. Sometimes I am asked by my male friends and acquaintan­ces for advice about which one of their “girlfriend­s” they should get serious with and possibly propose to. Here is what I always say: “Choose the one who best passes the making paper-tissue pancakes for Captain Hook test.” This goes back to a story that my wife told me when we first started dating. She told me that when she was 3 years old, she had paper tissues placed on a kitchen counter. Her mother asked her what she was doing. She replied, “I am making paper-tissue pancakes for Captain Hook.” Her mother asked her, “Why are you doing that?” And, she replied, “Because I thought that if someone was nice to him that maybe he wouldn’t be so mean to people.” As soon as I heard that story, I said to myself, “I think that I have finally found the ‘right one’ for me and the ‘girl’ who I want to marry.” And, so I did. My advice to men: “Don’t choose the one who is the prettiest. Don’t choose the one who has the best-looking body. Don’t choose the hottest and sexiest. Choose the one who best passes ‘the making paper-tissue pancakes for Captain Hook test.’ If you do, you will never regret it.” I sure haven’t.

Stewart B. Epstein

Takes one to know one

North Hollywood, Calif.: Voicer Kenneth Smith, patriotic American Trump voter that he is, sure has a lot of nerve complainin­g about other people’s name-calling. But it’s not surprising, since lack of self-awareness is indeed the number one trait of patriotic American Trump voters. You disgust me, Kenneth, since you are no patriot, and you are an embarrassm­ent to this country. Much like our President.

James Montalbano

Optimum advice

Brooklyn: A few days ago, I received a call from a woman claiming to be an employee of Optimum. She told me I was entitled to an upgrade of my internet system and it was at no cost to me. Then she said it would only cost $5 to handle the change. Bells went off in my head. I asked why a $5 charge if the upgrade was free. At that point, I said I was happy with what I had and refused the upgrade. The next day I called Optimum to let them know what transpired. I was not too surprised to learn there was no such proposal by Optimum. I told the agent if there was such a proposal, I would have received a letter to that effect and he agreed. So, this is a shout out mostly to elderly people who may be gullible enough to fall into this trap. Be aware that this is a scam and do not give out personal informatio­n to anyone who calls you — including all those sneaky telemarket­ers who claim to want to help you with your credit card ratings or Con Ed bills. Be warned and don’t listen to their spiels. Do as I do: Hang up after the first few words of the scam. These people are predators counting on your gullibilit­y. Zelda Multz Yonkers: Voicer Sonja Burketh, who seems to agree with Louis Farrakhan, is typical of blacks who hate white people. Perhaps more people like her should stop pretending and embrace his hatred. This woman shows that she will follow Farrakhan and not be truthful about her reasons why. Burketh uses feminism to cover her real hatred of white people. Evil bigotry is acceptable in her community, and Farrakhan truly represents her ideology.

Michael Guerin

End of the blue line

Omaha, Neb.: It is not worth the future of the New York Giants to keep Odell Beckham and Eli Manning. Sorry fans. It is time to rebuild — and fast! Tom Dahulick Yonkers: It seems like the Giants are relying on Odell Beckham Jr. to grow up and not be a distractio­n and a liability. If that’s the case, they can get in touch with O.J. Simpson or Rae Carruth (he’s up for parole after killing his pregnant girlfriend). I’m sure they would love to get back into football as a coach or maybe front office manager! Has the whole team become delusional?

Tom Deering

Bring your own laughs

Peoria, Ariz.: Our family hates canned laughter, and we do not under any circumstan­ces watch these type of shows. As soon as we discover there is canned laughter, we change channels. In fact, we have started watching more and more PBS channels. Even our younger ones are following along.

Marlene Barber

March to lose rights

Brooklyn: While I am not surprised you and your paper supported last week’s school walkout, I do know that you have missed the irony (“A lesson in democracy,” editorial, March 14). I can’t think of a worse way to teach today’s students about democracy than by supporting and encouragin­g them to protest the taking away of those very rights not only from American citizens but from many of those same protesters. It is clear that the protesters have been hijacked by emotion as well as left-leaning groups. However the students surely have not thought out the unintended consequenc­es of removing enumerated rights that belong to the people no matter their age and allowing more restrictio­ns by the very same government the rights were written to protect against. This is hardly democracy.

Joseph R. Sorrentino

1600 Penn’s revolving door

Amityville, L.I.: In the short time since Donald Trump took office, the turnover rate of key officials working in his administra­tion has been far greater than the employee turnover at my local 7-Eleven in the last 18 years. That’s pretty sad when you stop and think about it. Chris Carman

Cabinet of bums

SUSAN WATTS Glendale: Bramhall’s cartoon last Wednesday was almost perfect (Trump with Cabinet members up his nether region). What was missing was Trump’s head in the rear end of the NRA.

Diana Mischler Levittown, L.I.: For the love of God, please stop running photos of the insides of people’s knees! I’m not a doctor, and there’s a very good reason for that. I don’t want to see gory body parts over my breakfast. You can run that ad without the disgusting photos. And by the way, no one appreciate­d that disgusting color photo of the 30-pound tumor either.

Jill Waunsch

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