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Delaware News Journal Published 5:00 a.m. ET June 13, 2020

I simply cannot imagine a more severe abuse of journalism than the headline I found in my email this morning: "We will not be deterred by police violating reporters' rights".

Whatever happened to "what, when, where, how and why"? You are abusing the police by taking advantage of your microphone where they have none.

A news story would have included the perspective of the police. If please note I said if a journalist engages in unlawful behavior, should they be detained or are they given a free pass because only they are the anointed with first amendment rights? Why not treat this particular event as a news event and collect information from both sides?

Perhaps because propaganda feels better when you're mad? You self-righteously abuse your microphone? I cancel my subscription.

Judith Jaeger, Wilmington

Dover Post photographer Andre Lamar was arrested on Facebook Live while covering protests in Delaware.(Photo: Dover Post)

The presidential election this November looks to be different from previous ones. The current pandemic, which is not going away any time soon, has created a situation where mail-in voting is a necessity, and will likely be the major form of voting.

President Donald Trump has maintained that this form of voting is fraught with fraud. There are no facts to back up his claim. States that have used mail-in voting as their primary means of voting have experienced a minuscule amount of fraudulent voting.

Its quite obvious that Trump is searching for any means to win the election. Stealing the election is not out of the question. He also has a number of Republican legislators who seem to be willing to do anything for him. One need only look at the recent Election Day chaos in Georgia, and the states recent Gubernatorial Election where the governorship was stolen from Stacey Abrams.

We can only hope that honesty pervades in this upcoming presidential election, and that the actual results do not have to be questioned. We, as citizens, have the right to demand honesty in politics and that justice be served.

Gerald Moeller, Newark

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In February you published a very informative supplement on Black History Month.

Now would be a good time to publish it again because it would help put some things in perspective.

Loretta Kilby, Hockessin

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