To The Editor:Re "Slain hip-hopper's dad, friends rap police efforts" (news article, Sept. 19):On Sept. 18, 2007, my family and I paid another visit to New York. This trip was to pay tribute to our dear son, brother and most loyal friend to all who know him, Joshua David Crouch a.k.a. LEFTist.I must thank first and foremost the employees at The Villager for your continued support in keeping everyone updated on the murder of Josh. I would also like to thank Brooke Dubose at Transportation Alternatives for her compassion and commitment to stand with us and all of the families of victims who have been run down in the West Village and New York, in general. Without the help of the entities mentioned, I, as a father, would have no support.I have asked Brooke and T.A. to plan an annual walk not just to remember Joshua, but all of the innocent victims that continue to be struck down, and, in our case, left to die on the streets.I recently contacted a Manhattan attorney to help me file a suit against the New York Police Department for its incompetence and lack of investigating Josh's death further. When I told the attorney the N.Y.P.D. had closed the case, he asked me: "Was your son a drug user and were drugs found in his system?" and "Was your son gay?" I answered No to both. He told me police normally do not investigate deaths of "these types of individuals"!Joshua was found without any identification and was classified the next day in the New York Post as a 30-year-old homeless man. It's a good thing Josh wasn't a homeless, gay, drug addict, because he may have just been dumped into the river and forgotten about altogether. With the help from The Villager, Josh will not be forgotten and I will keep this "noncase" going until I find out where the coverup is and exactly what happened to my son. I am not going away.