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Show Shielding Criminals Serious Public Offense I for any jolis, above certain rath er menial levels, without opening open-ing up their past activities. To those who shouted "Kill i 'em", we can only say that Hitler Hit-ler is dead and buried. Let's set ; if we can't help these boys re cover the pride and the self re sped which they have obviously lost. Let's give them the opportunity oppor-tunity to educate themselves in j something other than peeling y safes and taking what belong to others. U't's back up our police force when it has a nasty job tj do. Let's not stand in the wake of a Watts Riot and cry police bru tality like we heard some C'ali-foruians C'ali-foruians exclaim. U't's each take" some responsibility upon our own shoulders and mend our own fences at home. This Article Prepared by KERRY JONES Public Safety Councilman Last week wo talked some of the recent, rather embarrassing jail break quite effectively pulled off by two of our local young-i slers.'vVo alluded to the fact th.it these boys had some considerable considera-ble outside help consist in;; of the assistance of at. least live but probably more persons. It is not our intention, now, to talk about and berate those who assisted, directly, in the escape. es-cape. We're certain that they now have some inkling as to the very serious nature of their actions. ac-tions. If those involved in the breakout oneo thought it a lark, we re sure that they now eye it in an entirely different light. If they don"t, they're headed for some rather hard lumps, and each day they go on living brings them one day nearer the lumps clue them. What is most appalling was some of the public sentiment, the picture of public apathy from some circles, the sympathy poured pour-ed out by some of their peers to the two young jailbirds involved in their flight. Some of the comments com-ments were "Those dang cops are only making them worse. Why don't they law off and give the noor kids a chance." And, one do the things they do, someone keeps providing the psychological psychologi-cal push thai lorces them on." Then from the other side came cries of "Catch 'em and string 'cm up. Cedar City will be better bet-ter with them out of the way." One other comment was "Why would Chief lloyt endanger the : lives of his officers by putting jout an order to "under no cir-icumstances cir-icumstances arc you to shoot at I cither of the boys unless they 'shoot at you liivst', that's the j first thing they should do is to shoot the littie hoodlums." I To those who sympathized with tin1 boys, we feel compelled i to say that tipping over outhouses, out-houses, stealing hub caps and I turpentining cats is not anywhere any-where near being in the same ' league as has been their activities. activi-ties. These boys are charged with felonies acts which involve I rather severe consequences, heavy hea-vy fines and state or federal (prison sentences. They are fully ! aware that their acts, thoughtless, thought-less, careless or what the cause, has now lost for them certain rights all law abiding citizens take for granted. They can't serve in any of our armed forces. They can't hold any office of public pub-lic trust. They can no longer exercise ex-ercise their right to vote in any of our elections. They' have lost ! their right to own and hold prop-1 prop-1 erty. They won't be able to apply woman was heard to exclaim, "If I had a chance, i'd hide those boys in my own home. I wouldn't would-n't turn them over to OUR police they made them like they are in the first place." From some schoolmates came, "The boys are always picked on, they haven't had a chance. They were both good students, cooperative and mannerly. It isn't their fault they |
