Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LETTERS Continued from page 2 vote twice. In my mind, for the Commander- in-Chief to disparage those who have given so much to our country and to blatantly under- mine our system of democracy is tantamount to treason. Bill Kemp s s s To the Editor: Thank you to The Nugget for providing updates on your website regarding the Green Ridge Fire. It is so comforting to not have to wait for the TV broadcasts. Good job, as always, when disaster strikes Sisters Country. Pat Riddle s s s To the Editor: Recently, many people have been protest- ing and rioting over videos of Black folks killed by the police. We9ve seen the corner of our town littered with hypocrites claiming BLM, rather than All Lives Matter. Where was the outrage and protest over Mr. Mays death? (Editor9s note: Edwin Mays died of an apparent methamphetamine overdose in cus- tody in December 2014. Video showed depu- ties appearing to mock Mays9 behavior. The sheriff9s office paid $1.025 million in a settle- ment with Mays9 family and instituted changes to jail procedures). No Deschutes County deputy was fired over this incident and the most severe disci- pline imposed by Sheriff Nelson was a demo- tion. Absolutely disgusting those deputies were not terminated or charged. The Washington Post death-by-cop database asserts that in the five-year period between 2015 and 2019 more white people died by police action than all brown and Black folks combined. Where was the outrage and protest of all those deaths? While I believe the current outrage is jus- tified; it9s misplaced. The outrage needs to be directed at the lack of transparency and accountability of the police, because All Lives Matter. Any complaint filed against a judge or district attorney is a matter of public record and the adjudication of that complaint is a matter of public record; as it should be. Until the police are held to the same stan- dard, their excessive force and acts of bru- tality will continue. Does the public real- ize when a complaint is filed against a cop the adjudication of that complaint is regu- larly withheld from the public and the citi- zen filing the complaint? No wonder the cops feel empowered to assault or kill the citizens. We must demand the same transparency for the police that is already in place for the rest of the law enforcement community. Otherwise, our streets will and should stay ablaze. Tyson Sakagawa s s s To the Editor: Amidst the deluge of recent events, I seek to find what it is that Trump is trying to dis- tract us away from this time. Here9s one: Trump is again trying to fool us by bankrupting the sacred obligations of Social Security and Medicare 4 programs that keep our country civilized instead of Third World. He has tried and failed twice before to eliminate payroll taxes, while say- ing