To the Editor,
On the front page of this previous Thursday’s (March 18, 2021) Mount Airy paper, a brief summary of the recent public shooting in Georgia was printed. A young white man, who clearly has mental issues as anyone does who commits a mass shooting, killed a small number of individuals mostly of whom were Asian females that worked at massage parlors located in an area that seems to be motivated towards sexual entertainment.
The writer of that news article stated that the rise of hate crimes towards Asian-Americans is due to white supremacy. It seems like ever since President Obama took office that everything wrong in America is because of white people, white Christians, and/or white males and their supremacy.
• A $500 handgun has been reported stolen in Mount Airy, according to city police reports.
The crime was discovered Sunday at the home of Michael Gerald Kightlinger on South Gilmer Street, where the Glock 9mm weapon with night sights was removed from his unsecured Ford pickup along with other property of Kightlinger’s including a Streamlight tactical pistol light and 15 rounds of 9mm hollow-point ammunition. The items taken were valued at $635 altogether.
• Jennifer Nichole Sawyers, 42, of 1208 Newsome St., was served with a criminal summons for a larceny charge Sunday after officers encountered her during a civil disturbance call at a residence on Northwood Drive. The summons had been issued through the Surry County Sheriff’s Office on March 12 with Robert Shane Webb of Northwood Drive as the complainant.