God rest these dead fellows in Blue and God bless their families.
And to those of you that bear the Badge, please be strong.
I'm afraid we're going to have a similar situation in Fresno soon. We had a young Mexican guy shot in a possible suicide-by-cop. BUT...
Everybody says this was a nice kid but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the cops were chasing an armed man. They mis-took him for this man, and when he jumped out of his truck in frustration, yelled, "I hate my life!" and made threatening motions at the cops they shot him.
It's reported that one cop gave him the coup de gras as he lie dying, and that someone captured this on YouTube. It was also on the latimes.com site and the guy's name was Dylan Noble. The video is poor and grainy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...le-fresno-fatal-police-shooting-witness-video
Police have not released the cops body cam yet. They have it under independent investigation but the family is screaming.
Another Mexican guy was shot here yesterday as he backed into his girlfriend with a car attempting to flee and then jammed it in Drive and charged the police. They shot him dead.
Then yesterday a black guy was found running around with a shotgun in a wealthy neighborhood here. He appeared to be a crazy homeless man and nobody was hurt. It's reported he fired the shotgun into the air, possibly in a burglary attempt.
Allegedly he had been hiding out in the trees on the property of a well-to-do Clovis resident.
I turned on the radio now & a well-known black commentator promises "a long hot summer", immediately followed by a Lexus commercial promising the summer of unbridled luxury.
Oh Good Lord, what next?