The following quote (Record-Bee, Dec. 21) from Mr. Hughes” defense attorney Stuart Hanlon is beyond comprehension. “I”m very confident that in any of those counties he will be acquitted; there is not the racial sameness that there is in Lake County.”
What he is saying, indirectly, is that we are “too white” to hold a trial that involves people of color. Does that mean that white people only convict non-whites? Does that mean that people of color only convict white people, never people of their race?
This the most asinine argument I have ever heard. If it were true, no white person would ever be convicted of a crime in Lake County and the people of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland or San Diego would never convict a black person. I think Mr. Hanlon should re-examine his own issues with all people, white or otherwise. None of us, black, white or whatever, are as stupid as he thinks and he certainly does an injustice to all people of color: they don”t like or condone criminal activities any more than the next person.
Wayne Diggs
Lakeport
