Black man shot in Florida yesterday with hands up, lying down, no weapon

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. Well, that was just asking for trouble. Surely he was aware

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of the fairly recent, 'de facto' change in the law : that, unless significantly melanin-challenged, holding your hands high above your head is, ipso facto, proof of guilt of a double-dyed felony ; indeed, anecdotally-codified on occasions, it seems, as a capital offence.

If the nature of such criminal act remains to be established, it should not be considered germane. There are far greater issues at stake than could possibly justify quibbling over the etiology of the police interest. And, then, for the known recidivist to compound his crime yet further, by trying to sweet-talk the officers into listening to what he was trying to tell them was, frankly, unpardonable. There is only so much disrespect even a public servant can be expected to tolerate, without dispensing summary vigilante justice to the known perp.