Editorial: The sky is going to fall and the king must know

According to a children’s story with this title in Hispanic literature, a chick, walking in the forest, had a mishap and knew that he was obliged to inform the King of what happened.

In Lawrence, it seems that we have returned to our childhood where residents are forced to report what happens to them, although many out of fear do not do it. Anyway, the King works according to what is convenient for him.

Currently, we are going through two situations, one of them, is the tragic death of José Puello Rodriguez who, according to information we received, died as a result of a severe blow to the head with a stick or other solid object and later he was thrown through a Senior Center now known as El Centro, window, falling headon against the pavement on September 16.

According to his relatives, he died on October 12 after several days in a coma in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston as a result of the injuries suffered.

The relatives of the deceased, tried to obtain a report of what happened at the police station and were told that there was none, although the record of this day read MV / LOCK LOCATION, SENIOR CENTER OF LAWRENCE / 155 HAVERHILL ST. Towed.

Some city employees have told us that nothing happened that day; that after the fall, Puello got up, dusted himself off and walked away as if nothing had happened when the reality is that he was picked up by ambulance and taken to Lawrence General Hospital.

The other case is the accident of the Lawrence Police Chief that shattered the city-owned car in which he was traveling, trying not to run over a dog or a coyote.

If that happens to Joey the son of Sancho (fictitious names) who drives the garbage truck, it would have been different.

First, the State Police would try to reconstruct the accident to find the true cause by first taking a breath sample, but none of this happened according to the report by the Reading police, which has not been released because the case is under investigation.

Although we join the majority who are glad that Chief Vasque was not hurt in this accident, it bothers us and we are concerned that according to some members under his command they say that when asked about the accident, he denied it, saying, “See my car, not a scratch on it. When the reality is that he was showing the new car.

The moral of this story is that The King is the People of Lawrence who, although we should know everything, we have been deceived by the chicks.