Letters
Differentiate on MAD
In the interest of fairness I believe that given the horrors of the Arivaca murders perpetrated by the Minutemen American Defense (MAD) that henceforth whenever you publish a letter using the name “Minuteman or Minutemen” in it that you differentiate what group the letter writer is talking about. Otherwise, don’t publish it.
The anonymous “Louise” found it useful to use the name “Minutemen” in a broad brush attack on all Minutemen, referring to them as a “vigilante group” that takes the law into their hands. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We are an “observe and report” group that reports illegals to the proper authorities (i.e. Border Patrol), which is what every citizen should do. We notify the Border Patrol and the Sheriff whenever we go on patrol and work closely with them when we are on patrol.
We are the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC), not the Minutemen American Defense (MAD). MAD has never been a part of MCDC.
Sherman Frey, Green Valley
The anonymous “Louise” found it useful to use the name “Minutemen” in a broad brush attack on all Minutemen, referring to them as a “vigilante group” that takes the law into their hands. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We are an “observe and report” group that reports illegals to the proper authorities (i.e. Border Patrol), which is what every citizen should do. We notify the Border Patrol and the Sheriff whenever we go on patrol and work closely with them when we are on patrol.
We are the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC), not the Minutemen American Defense (MAD). MAD has never been a part of MCDC.
Sherman Frey, Green Valley
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