Article February 23, 1998 Issue

COMMUNITY WATCH

Love thy neighbor

(even if he is picketing your neighborhood)

By Glenn M. Linden

"Soon I was free from anger and felt impelled to go outside and talk with the protesters."

One Saturday Morning I woke to the sound of bullhorns outside my house. A group of demonstrators was picketing a public official who lived nearby. They were marching and chanting, "No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!" There were a number of policemen present to keep order. It was a volatile situation.

My first reaction was anger. What were they doing, making a disturbance in my neighborhood? Why did they have to cause so much trouble? I went outside and found many neighbors who felt the same way. The police officers were unhappy with the demonstrators, too.

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