The Issue: Candidates who criticize the NYPD’s counter-terrorism program in Muslim communities.
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I was mortified to read about John Liu’s reaction to the NYPD’s surveillance program that monitors the Muslim community (“The Cops Stand Alone,” Editorial, May 7).
Doesn’t he believe in the motto: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”? Is he waiting for another 9/11 disaster or Boston tragedy before he takes any kind of action?
If he doesn’t like the idea of our people protecting themselves, then let him move to one of the Muslim countries and let our people defend ourselves. I’m for complete protection of our country.
Jack V. Grazi
Elberon, NJ
Liu thinks that surveillance of a religious group — in this case Muslims — is unconstitutional.
Extreme Islamists have attempted to terrorize the city and feel that they must destroy us and our beliefs.
NYPD, keep up the good work. Hopefully, Liu will not get to City Hall, where he can hamper its work.
Gideon Davis
Staten Island
Former Comptroller Bill Thompson said that “a policing strategy that focuses on a religion is ‘disgraceful.’”
Is Thompson a dolt? Doesn’t he realize that Muslims who obey Sharia law don’t only focus on religion, but on secular law?
Focusing on the secular sins of radical Muslims does not imply bigotry toward all in the religion, but attempts to restrict the heinous, traitorous crimes of these radicals against innocent women and children.
Thompson has the liberal habit of risking the lives of his own people to show that he is open-minded enough to embrace the horrors of our enemies.
That may get him sainted, but it is more likely to get his neighbors killed.
If Thompson were elected and a relative of mine were killed because of his lax standards, his indifference to his current society and his pandering to potential jihadists, you’d better believe that I’d be looking to talk to him.
David Lawrence
Manhattan