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A new saint, and a selfie on Seventh St. Sunday afternoon, just hours after Popes John Paul II and John XXIII were canonized and made saints, a woman stood in front of the former’s bust at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church, on E. Seventh St. between Avenue A and First Ave., either talking on the phone or taking a selfie or video of herself with the pope. Earlier, hundreds of congregants at this primarily Polish-speaking church packed all three morning Masses to honor John Paul II, who was pope from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in modern history and, as a Pole, the first non-Italian since Pope Adrian VI, who was Dutch and died in 1523.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR No leader? No riot To The Editor: “Village gay rights museum?” (Scoopy’s Notebook, April 24) refers to the “Stonewall Riots.” As one who was there four of the five nights, there was no leader to manage a riot. This is why it is called an “uprising.” I also refer to it as a “happening” that is known about worldwide. Warren Allen Smith
Alas, the allée... To The Editor: The 22 — 22! — cherry trees are in bloom in the lovely allée that serves as the Barrow St. entrance to the gardens of Church of St. Luke in the Fields. I wish one of your photographers would take a photograph of the allée, in color, of course — and send it to every member
of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They voted unanimously in favor of the destruction of the allée so that a monster residential tower (100 Barrow St.) could be erected adjacent to the three Federal-era townhouses at No.’s 92, 94 and 96. The new mayor, by the way, has made no appointments to the L.P.C. Albert Bennett
excited or rude or appear to be nutty. This extra-legal enforcement, done sometimes to aid people who have complained about, say, the loud noise in clubs, can become harassment and can lead to quasi-legal “sting” operations. While it seems impossible to get the bars and nightclubs to quiet down, I don’t want the police to feel that they are doing all of us a favor by solving problems with harassment and becoming lawbreaking vigilantes.
Police harassment?
Minerva Durham
To The Editor: Re “RID leader faces rap after gun is found in her home” (news article, April 24): I read this article and then later realized that there are important civil liberty issues here in the behavior of the police. I really fear a police force that acts beyond the call of duty by punishing individuals who are
A true fighter To The Editor: Re “Radical lawyer pleads guilty on tax charges, calls it a ‘witch hunt’ ” (news article, April 24): Stanley, you are a true fighter and defender of the U.S. Constitution. All people, no matter what they are accused of, are to be given representation in a court of law. The
accused are innocent until proven guilty. Like, no-brainer, no? Also, all speech is to be protected, even if an individual and/or group finds it abhorrent. Sending the I.R.S. goons on you just shows that the U.S. government had to stoop again to its lowest in order to shut you up. Terry Zarelli
Horses, not cars! To The Editor: I’ve been watching from the sidelines, while the conversation about Mayor de Blasio’s wrongheaded push to send New York City’s carriage horses away to certain doom has raged on. I’ve been hoping the mayor would come to his senses and drop this senseless campaign. With ever-more ridiculous measures being sought by the LETTERS, continued on p. 14
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