I am once again taken aback by the narrow-minded lunacy of the East Lansing Police Department and Police Chief Tom Wibert.

In his letter "Police chief: Is wild partying worth it?" (SN 9/13), Wibert reveals his admiration for the Code of Hammurabi. While I am impressed he was able to conjure up any historical reference (he usually can not think beyond 1999 when relating to students), "an eye for an eye" is a perfect example of the vigilante mindset of the ELPD.

Not only do their actions on April 2 have yet to be justified, but also in the months that have followed, I have heard, and in some cases witnessed, unwarranted acts of corruption and excessive action.

One of my friends was given a misdemeanor simply for saying something with which the police did not agree. I witnessed another student being yanked quite forcefully by the arm by an officer who did not say a word or make his presence known until after he committed the assault.

Chief Wibert says the assailant was lucky Wibert was not the judge. I have to agree. Thankfully, the corruption and anti-student assaults of the ELPD stop more or less at the courthouse door.

It is terrible that an MSU student was injured and the student who committed the assault should be brought to justice. However, once again, using tunnel vision to stereotype 40,000 students by the actions of one is wrong.

Tom Wibert and the ELPD have once again proven their ignorance. For every one student that does it wrong, thousands more do it right. Lets keep the Hammurabi Code in ancient history, where it belongs.

Michael Codd
2005 graduate