Another case of: this is a tragedy but the officers were "justified". I don't know what that means anymore. Trayvon Martin shouldn't be dead, but his death was nonetheless "justified". Tamir Rice shouldn't be dead, but his killing was "justified". Breonna Taylor did nothing wrong, but she is dead and it was "justified". Ho-hum. Sandra Bland shouldn't be dead but no one did anything wrong. Michael Brown shouldn't be dead, Freddie Gray shouldn't be dead.
People take tortuous paths to get to where these are "justified", but there are lots of dead people who shouldn't be dead. Something is wrong. When will we find the will to change that?
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