This is terribly disturbing on so many levels. I suspect the victim may have suffered from some mental illness of some kind. He was clearly not acting rationally, and may indeed have been armed with a knife, but it certainly appears the police could have used less-than-lethal force. When you compare this to the over-restraint that law enforcement showed at the Bundy Ranch, it is difficult to conclude anything other than systemic racial bias in the administration of justice in this country, and we all have to fight against that. As MLK wrote, Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. https://youtube/watch?v=j-P54MZVxMU
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 01:30:51 +0000