Shame on leaders who go easy on catalytic converter thieves

To the editor: Because of Los Angeles Metropolis Councilman John Lee for his ordinance giving police new instruments to arrest catalytic converter thieves. It is a crime in opposition to hardworking individuals who want their automobiles for transportation.

Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who voted in opposition to the ordinance, mentioned that “punishing folks doesn’t assist anyone.” How about this: Should you don’t need to be punished for stealing, don’t steal.

He additionally mentioned the ordinance will trigger extra Black and Latino residents to be pulled over and questioned. The place is the logic in that assertion? The crews that steal catalytic converters are made up of younger, able-bodied males who strike in the midst of the evening and are gone in lower than 60 seconds. These should not poor, disabled residents motoring alongside metropolis streets.

Harris-Dawson additionally mentioned, “When any individual will get one thing stolen, the town needs to be doing every thing we will to ensure they’re made complete.” OK, how will this wholeness plan be carried out? I haven’t heard any proposals.

The town leaders who voted in opposition to this want a greater grip on actuality. Or perhaps they simply have to have their very own catalytic converters stolen.

Tracey Hasslein, Northridge

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To the editor: Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez voted in opposition to giving regulation enforcement higher energy to arrest catalytic converter thieves. She is worried it should begin placing folks of colour by means of the revolving door of justice.

Whoever has had a converter stolen adopted by weeks of ready to get again on the highway for work or youngsters doesn’t need that door to revolve. We would like it shut on individuals who commit a criminal offense that requires planning, instruments and promoting to a prison profiteer.

It needs to be the duty of each civil servant to push again in opposition to the nuisances to society, not encourage them with this sociobabble.

Paul Ehrmann, Santa Monica