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No wall, no bayonets

Sun., Oct. 1, 2017

Leaders, fellow citizens, can we now all turn from this foolishness of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Those untold billions will be needed to help our people recover from the ever-worsening storms. A wall along the Rio Grande means no Americans can go to the river. We would be essentially ceding the river to Mexico.

Of all the news in The Spokesman, the most disturbing story has to be the possibility of bayonets being issued to police departments. Please do not inflict the trauma of having to use a bayonet on another human being on our law enforcement officers. They endure enough stress already.

John Barber

Cheney

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