The City of
Brotherly Love is definitely for two nights not
1000 looters
into the streets not for justice for Wallace Williams to be sought
But to loot
stores to the bare shelves stripped to the bone
Loading down
with all manner of goodies like a refrigerator to put in their home
Wallace
Williams was not a saint already facing a criminal trial
Should not
have been killed but for the knife looking hostile
The mentally
ill very often cannot control what in stressful situations the do
There has to
be a better way of deescalating conflicts that lead to shootings we then rue
Costa Mesa
and Newport Beach when the paramedics are called
A firetruck usually
rolls with them to see what other dangers may evolve
If the 911
call indicates the assailant is mentally ill
Or maybe has
discontinued his anti-mental illness pills
A paramedic van
with mental health professionals should also arrive
Police stand
down unless they or bystanders are at
risk
If they are
even without mental health there right to use deadly force exists
They are not
in danger with police on scene and may help the assailant to calm down and
survive
One thing is
certain that riots should never be condoned only condemned
But if we
don’t get a handle of cop on black shootings they will happen again and again
© October 27, 2020 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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