The Murder of Innocents Continues
Last week saw another brutal murder of a local deaf and developmentally disabled man by police, AKA a retarded person in politically incorrect language. The man's elderly father had been involved in a minor traffic accident and had left the scene leading the police to show up at his house where the car was parked.
Magdiel Sanchez was shot and tasered because he was on the porch of his own home and carrying a 24" long metal pipe that neighbors said he carried when walking around the neighborhood to fend off barking dogs. Neighbors were screaming to police before the shooting that Sanchez was deaf, no doubt leaving off the retarded part out of political correctness or simply not wanting to offend Sanchez. Now there is no law against carrying a pipe or stick when out walking, walkers in my neighborhood usually do carry something for that purpose, nor was Sanchez involved in any crime nor did he have a criminal record.
The most concerning thing is that one of the cops realized that a taser was appropriate while the other pulled out his pistol and shot Sanchez. One would think that with neighbors screaming that the guy was deaf and couldn't understand police commands that the cops would simply back up off the property to deescalate the situation or at least use the taser before resorting to killing someone.
The problem of course is the culture of cowards that has been trained into our police force. U.S. soldiers in a war zone must wait for an aggressive act before resorting to force and even then it is expected to fire a warning shot. I would doubt if a retarded deaf man carrying a walking stick or pipe would even qualify as a threat in a war theater. Why then do we allow police to be trained to kill at the first whiff of threat? When you realize that their ranking on the list of hazardous jobs is way, way, down the list you have to realize that the 7-11 clerk and the guy picking up garbage is far more likely to be hurt or killed on the job. We don't allow them the luxury of whipping out a gun and killing without a valid threat, nor do we allow concealed carry permit holders to blaze away without a valid threat they can't avoid by simply backing up.
Thank God we have cops willing to do this work and there are a lot of good cops. But allowing the murder of deaf retarded people in their own yard while neighbors scream out that the guy can't hear the police commands isn't building support for the police, it is tearing it down. The explosion if police misconduct and questionable killing videos online has convinced much of the public that things have gone way too far. This cop will likely get a few weeks paid vacation and walk away without being charged but the good cops and government leaders need to pay attention to the fact that escaping judgment might win the battle of the day but cost the loss of the war for public opinion.
