A group of Lebo residents who display yard signs that read "Support the Troops / End the War" reported to me late last week that they had received anonymous letters in the mail that criticized them and their signs in what they characterized as a "poison pen" style.
Given how the letters are addressed, the conclusion for now is that the letters weren't sent by other Lebo residents, but the recipients are concerned enough to ask me whether I've heard of this sort of thing elsewhere in town. I haven't. Still, while the letters aren't directly threatening, they are troubling. There's no law against sending an anonymous letter through the mail. There is a law against threatening someone via the mail. If you receive a letter that you think crosses the line, consider contacting the Mt. Lebanon Police Department. Or the FBI.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
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Mike:
ReplyDeleteIs it possible for you to get a copy of one of the letters? I'd be interested to see what it said (and share the contents with our fellow blog readers as well). It's a damn shame that people's freedom of speech is threatened by cowards that don't wish to share their names with the people that are openly sharing their opinion on the war.