Dear Bored,
Well actually, we went through the Jacob Blake story on these very pages. I’ll just tell you that I could have dealt with him better than those wimps. Whether the officer was unaware of the situation, or untrained, or a rotten apple, is irrelevant. Since then, the local police union made some ridiculous statements, and it is an all around bad look for the Department. Problem is that Kinosha is not a large enough city to bring in a new Chief of Police who will insist on enforcing the law. Now I wandered too much.
Let’s just say that your understanding of the incident was correct. That was not why it was such a big deal. It was because after some high profile police killings, Blake was still alive. [The media was hoping for some statement that could be spun into a narrative. All he said was that he is in a lot of pain and it was not worth it. 😂😂] Both Trump and Biden came to town. Neither one was there to calm down the city. Or to console the people. Or some other fluff. They came because they were on the campaign trail. And the fist rule is you go where the tv cameras are.