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May 15, 2006
One Trick Pony
Our D.C. area local papers led their metro sections with the story of a police killing of an 18-year-old after a 35-minute standoff. The young man had been yelling at the police "Kill me," pressing a pair of scissors at his neck, and was shot to death by four of at least five present police officers when he menaced them with the scissors in some way.
While these officers were defending themselves, gunning down Justin Fisher after 35-minutes was a pretty pathetic response for five (or more) uniforms. Of course, this is how police are trained. Using some imagination or creativity to save a life isn't high on the agenda. Preserving an aura of lethal authority is.
I read this scenario locally about once a year as Fisher's mother initially called police. The endgame is always the distraught parent(s) asking why the police shot down their mentally ill son. A word to the wise: this pony doesn't know any other tricks.
Posted by Robert Jackson at May 15, 2006 11:24 PM
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