Palmer Events Center
Coffey Is a Hero
RECEIVED Wed., Feb. 25, 2004
Dear Editor,
For the past 18 months the reports on the King shooting have been questioned, examined, and picked apart ["After 18 Months, APD Releases Report on King Shooting," News, Feb. 20]. Everything that seemed to be not in favor of an officer doing his job and saving a life has been made so spectacular and sensationalized.
Now it's time for the media to take the responsibility to sensationalize the homicide report with the victim (Diana Powell) and the 911 call from the Rosewood resident, along with the fact that Jim Harrington (the civil rights activist attorney that filed the civil suit against the city of Austin and Officer Coffey) has been dropped. There is no merit to any of it. Officer Coffey did his job June 11, 2002, and saved Ms. Powell's life. He is a hero. Where are all of the critics now? Put the truth on the front cover of your magazine, make it bigger than life, sensationalize it, and make it just as spectacular as you did when you printed that this was nothing but a racial issue.
For the past 18 months the reports on the King shooting have been questioned, examined, and picked apart ["After 18 Months, APD Releases Report on King Shooting," News, Feb. 20]. Everything that seemed to be not in favor of an officer doing his job and saving a life has been made so spectacular and sensationalized.
Now it's time for the media to take the responsibility to sensationalize the homicide report with the victim (Diana Powell) and the 911 call from the Rosewood resident, along with the fact that Jim Harrington (the civil rights activist attorney that filed the civil suit against the city of Austin and Officer Coffey) has been dropped. There is no merit to any of it. Officer Coffey did his job June 11, 2002, and saved Ms. Powell's life. He is a hero. Where are all of the critics now? Put the truth on the front cover of your magazine, make it bigger than life, sensationalize it, and make it just as spectacular as you did when you printed that this was nothing but a racial issue.
Michelle Coffey