Zehm portrayal absurd

How absurd is it to try, after the fact, to portray Otto Zehm as a wild-eyed wielder of a pop bottle, batting stance assumed with a fierce glare and a Snickers bar clenched between his teeth, waiting in the aisle for Officer Karl Thompson to charge through the door?

It is documented that Otto had a job, could function daily, adjusted to his routine and was well-liked by his co-workers. Where does it say that his family did not have a hand in his gaining his independence? Isn’t that what we would want for everyone? And is everyone prepared to go without their simple indulgences because they do not think Otto was allowed to have his?

The girls who started this snowball that has engulfed so many lives will have to live with that knowledge the rest of theirs.

I am from a law enforcement family and have a heavy heart over all of this.

Hazel B. Lael

Spokane