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No Innocent Parties

Sedona AZ (May 31, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:

scales of justice courtThis letter is in response to the coverage of the court decision concerning Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo.

I listened to Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge John P. O’Donnell read his decision and found his thought process reasonable given the series of events he was required to describe. Whether or not you agree with his decision is
immaterial given that the Law has spoken. And certainly people can protest peacefully and work to improve the system that produced such a catastrophe.

Still, there are no innocent parties here.

Certainly Mr. Russell should have obeyed the order of a Police Officer to stop. What other lives were placed in harms way because he chose to continue fleeing? But why does it require so many police cruisers to join in a high-speed chase? Given the length of the travel why couldn’t some sort of blockade been set up to stop the person fleeing?

Mr. Russell and Ms. Williams did not have to die because the ultimate cause of their death could have been prevented. And what does this say about a potential diversionary tactic that could be employed by domestic/foreign terrorists on American soil?

For those of you in the African-American community who are tempted to be filled with rage and hatred at every white police officer I can only say that I had a member of my family {Patrolman Hilary Cudnik believed to be the
distant cousin of my Uncle Boley Cudnik} who was killed in the act of performing his duty. But he was killed by a African-American. Because of the influence handed down to me from my Paternal Grandfather {Dziadzia} Albert Joseph Bialek and my mother {Eileen Moran Bialek} I did not react to Hilary’s murder like most people did. I never believed that looting and burning down businesses would solve anything and would certainly not bring him back.

My African-American brothers and sisters please refrain from engaging in violence as it will only exacerbate the situation. But rather let our two communities come together in reconciliation and love to make Cleveland once again the best location in the nation if for no other reason than to have achieved racial harmony once and for all.

Joe Bialek
Cleveland, OH 44109

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