After a personal tragedy, this Fort Worth police officer was true blue for our family

Police officer a great comfort

Those who criticize the police need to know police officer Bryan Eddlemon, one of Fort Worth’s finest.

When my son died at his home of an epileptic seizure, Officer Eddlemon came with the paramedics. My son gave his body to science, but his grief-stricken wife was told that the organization could not retrieve the body until she completed a form from the internet. Her computer wasn’t working, so she pleaded with representatives of the donor organization to bring the form when they came.

We waited six hours for them to pick up his body. Eddlemon remained with us, offering his experience, condolences, kindness and help from the time of my son’s death until his body was removed. To show respect, he stood the entire time.

God bless Bryan Eddlemon and keep him safe.

- Virginia Dickey, Fort Worth

Arrest those protesters

The law prohibits protests at the homes of justices, juries and witnesses. Why doesn’t Attorney General Merrick Garland demand that those outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home be arrested? Why doesn’t House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounce the threat to Kavanaugh?

- Lucille Bida, Arlington

Letting their viewers see no evil

It would appear that Fox, OAN and Newsmax, by not airing the prime-time Jan. 6 committee hearing, all have adopted the same motto: “We won’t report, so you can’t decide.”

- Paul R. Schattman, Arlington

Not a serious gun solution

Applause for the gun control bill? More like the sound of one hand clapping. The most dangerous class of guns, semi-automatic AR-15 style rifles, will remain unchecked. The pediatrician who responded to the Uvalde shooting with an AR-15 testified before Congress that some of the children’s bodies were so mutilated that they could be identified only by their clothing.

Until Congress bans assault-style weapons, or at least raises the purchase age to 21, lawmakers have not really done their jobs protecting American citizens. They have only applied a Band-Aid to a festering wound, conveniently placed before the midterm elections.

Marian Levinstein, Lantana

Yes, Watauga can do something

I’m pretty sure Stedfast Baptist Church preacher Dillon Awes calling for the methodical execution of a particular group of people on any grounds is not protected speech — even if he did it from the hateful pulpit of his ugly homophobic church. (May 15, 1A, “Mayor: Nothing Watauga can do about anti-gay church”)

If Police Chief Robert Parker and the city of Watauga aren’t willing to step into this, perhaps the FBI should. Perhaps it’s connected with the two Wataugans arrested in Idaho as members of the Patriot Front group.

- Kelly White, Watauga

Dress rehearsal for the next election

The Jan. 6 hearings have demonstrated a coordinated effort to destroy our democracy. Operatives motivated by Donald Trump attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election by violently breaking into the Capitol to stop the certification of the election.

There was no evidence of significant voter fraud, only the urgings of a president intent on retaining power at any cost. This unjustified ranting about voter fraud has induced the Republican Party to pass laws making voting more difficult in many states and attempting to stack the voting “deck” with electors willing to declare a Republican the winner no matter the count.

We need to take action immediately to make certain that our elections are run by fair, unbiased electors.

- Dave Troiano, Highland Village