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Your editorial (“In our opinion: Compton officer shooting should not be political,” Sept. 20) states that 93% of Black Lives Matter protests have been peaceful. What is the cost in property damage, retail inventory stolen, jobs displaced, lost wages and lives taken by the 7% that were not peaceful? Makes the 93% appear to be a smoke screen, doesn’t it?
Richard Merkley
American Fork
