I have been an avid reader of your blog posts for some time now. Actually I read this post a while ago but it came back to me when I saw the following you tube page – http://www.youtube.com/user/cveitch?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti It goes along the same message as what you finished with. Essentially I am in total agreement with you. However it has to be stated that in this police state that we live in it gets harder and harder to have your own stance on things and have it justified. We are seen as below the law. We are seen as having to be protected by the state so god forbid that we have our own thoughts on why things like this happen. I Love the fact that in their own way the people who still lay flowers at the memorial are maintaining their stance and questioning why the police have the right to shoot to kill. I hope that reminder stays there to remind people that we are bigger than the police state and we can be free.

If we are to be protected by the police in our state, then yes we should demand total and complete training of police officers. They need to know the laws they enforce and the should not be able to abuse the power they have. We are the reason that they are here.