Letter to the editor: Does Jeanine Pirro care about Black youth?

OPINION:

The Washington Times recently published an op-ed by Gerard Leval about U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro (“Jeanine Pirro brings strength and clarity to crime fighting in nation’s capital,” Web, April 27).

In the piece, I am invoked as the “asker” of a question to Ms. Pirro. I write this rebuttal because I am not afraid to write the truth.

I do not believe that Ms. Pirro supports law and order or due process for the people of Washington, particularly Black residents. Ms. Piro works for a 34-count convicted felon, a man who was found liable for the sexual assault of a woman and issued pardons to insurrectionists who assaulted police officers.

Ms. Pirro has said that her office will not prosecute people walking in public with long guns.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have shot at innocent Black D.C. residents. Yet neither Mr. Leval nor Ms. Pirro mentioned that the lives of D.C. residents are in jeopardy by the criminal conduct of these agents. Ms. Pirro did not post on social media or appear on Fox News to condemn the violence. There was no conversation or community meeting about changing the way ICE agents operate.

Ms. Pirro is intellectually dishonest and disingenuous.

Mr. Leval’s op-ed boldly misrepresents D.C. young Black people, yet I’m sure he would claim to support public safety. It is easy for Mr. Leval to say we should hold Black youths responsible and accountable for their adolescent behavior. He is as hypocritical as he is silent to the criminal behavior of President Trump and MAGA congressional Republicans.

Mr. Leval has exposed himself as a non-believer in justice and dignity. His goal appears to be to have all Black youths grow up in prisons.

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Young people often make bad and inappropriate decisions. So have Mr. Trump and Ms. Pirro, who are adults. It’s indefensible to forgive and to forget politicians’ transgressions while demanding that D.C.’s Black children be treated harshly in a biased system of justice.

Ms. Pirro asked me to respect her service. My hope and prayer are that she and Mr. Leval respect all the people of D.C. and offer them respect they adamantly and adoringly give President Trump.

ROBERT VINSON BRANNUM

Washington