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Patricia Kvill's avatar

What concerns me regarding these killings - and others - is the use of deadly force by police on trivial legal matters. A traffic tickets should not result in death. Passing a fake $20 bill should not result in death. Selling a cigarette outside a store should not result in death. These are trivial matters. Police officers should direct their energy to serious matters.

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Ted's avatar

Is it me or Monday or is that another young black man ( just a boy at 20) was killed yesterday by police at a traffic stop in MN, or that a black Army Officer was also brutally assaulted in another traffic stop in VA, or because there was another school shooting in Knoxville today, all the while 100 of our most populated cities are 50% to 100% hospital’s ICUs are full of Covid; that I need a letter from a American to explain how bat shit crazy things have become. I’ve come to the conclusion that I hope our generals realize, We have climbed the wrong mountain. In the Information Age, our country’s survival depends less on missiles, stealth bombers, air craft carriers, and ageis warships, but more on protecting the health of our citizens, insuring the health of our planet, and the quality of information that guides our behavior to either our destruction or salvation. 🙏 Dr Richardson, this Monday I needed another letter.

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