Did I read that correctly? The front page article in the Sunday Sun where police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says that the "charges brought against" murder suspect Baltimore City Officer Gahiji Tshamba are an "affront to the officers that work hard to make this city safe"? Are you serious? The charges are an affront and an aberration? Please tell me someone didn't proofread that article or that perhaps Mr. Guglielmi was misquoted or taken out of context. Because it's certainly not the charges that are an affront and an aberration to the police force but Officer Tshamba's actions.

How about the fact that Mr. Tshamba was even allowed to refuse a breathalyzer under those circumstances? Now that's an affront to the citizens of Baltimore who, under even much less serious conditions, would never be allowed to get away with such a refusal.

How about Mr. Tshamba's attorney stating that he "sequestered himself" because he was "startled" by something. To call it that is an affront, when in fact, Mr. Tshamba was hiding from law enforcement like a common criminal. (I hope his delay in turning himself in will be part of the big picture when his day in court comes.) Officer Tshamba should have been very seriously sanctioned a long time ago, if not fired outright. The Baltimore City Police have a very difficult job to do, but as officers, they should be held to a higher standard than everyone else, or even the same standard, but certainly not a lower standard.

T. Millspaugh