Tragedy

There was another story of a fatal shooting by the police last week, but it got no national play because the the officer and the victim were white. Few details are available at this time, only that the victim called the police, the police showed up, and then the policeman shot the victim three times. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office is investigating the shooting, and they are not releasing any information.

Part of the tragedy is that there were no witnesses to the shooting, so the events of what happened will be taken from the policeman’s point of view. There’s been no speculation as to what’s happened (and for the sake of the family, please don’t speculate). I’m sure that whatever happened the shooting could have been avoided. Although not part of the current national conversation about police shootings, I think that what is true is that the police are using lethal force far more quickly than they have in the past. Even if the shootings are justified, it is happening too often, and the families are left with a huge void. It’s been a sad week.

Let’s lament and listen to music from King Creosote, Bob Moses, Teenage Fanclub, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Handsome Family, Fred Neil, Macy Gray, Lower Dens, Skye & Ross, Talking Heads, Guadalcanal Diary, the Velvet Underground, and Bruce Springsteen.

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