Apparently today is Trump's birthday, which explains why protesters in Washington, DC are destroying a fake birthday cake for him as part of their protest. It's also 20 days on constant protesting across the United States.
Apparently Friday night at a Wendy's parking lot in Atlanta, another white cop shot and killed a black man. I watched the videos shown on CNN. The man who was killed had fallen asleep in his car while in the line for the drive-thru at Wendy's; someone had called 911, which was why a cop was there. The responding cop woke him up and got him to pull his car into a parking spot. The man admitted to having been drinking. The cop called in backup for a DUI test. The 2 officers decided to arrest the man, but when they tried to handcuff him, he fought both cops. He took the taser from one of them and ran. The other cop chased with his taser, but when the escaping man fired the taser back at the officer, the officer responded by shooting him.
Did the officer fear for his life? He'd already been hit by the man as they had been fighting and wrestling. Was he afraid he could be knocked down or knocked out by the taser and further harmed, possibly killed? Should the cop have just allowed the man to run away and escape? This is such a crazy case; it looks like an unjustified use of deadly force, but now it's going to be in the hands of the DA and the judicial system. The cop has been fired, but I don't think charges have actually been filed yet.
After the event, protestors burned down the Wendy's. That's clearly unjustifiable. That's a criminal act. Meanwhile, at other protests across the nation, CNN and other news outlets continue to label protestors who are blocking roads and disrupting people's lives as "peaceful" protesters. I wish they would do a better job of labeling different levels of protests.
So much anger, so much sadness, so much confusion.
Be safe out there (I'll ne safe in here)!
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