Letter to the Editor

All sides need to come together

To the editor;

Many people have heard or witnessed the near-tragic events that occurred in the Hanover Street area on the Fourth of July. This is not shocking or appalling to me. This event and more of them will occur more often as long as the mayor, council and police chief continue to ignore the residents in that area.

We needed a wake-up call, or Cape Girardeau will end up back in the twilight zone of the pre-civil rights era.

Cape Girardeau residents and their children deserve better. A citizens group should be created and include some of those neighbors involved as well as Sgt. Kevin Orr. There are two sides to every story. Let's get it corrected now and end the nonsense.

ROBERT ANDRE GLASPER, Cape Girardeau