There can be no denials. There were witnesses
mind-bogglingly observing the heinous act.
Three men beside themselves with disbelief.
What they saw cannot be disputed. A video --
those ubiquitous revealers of reality reflected
the brutal audacity of the perpetrator. Leading
the outraged witnesses to contact authorities: a
Black man racing through a white neighbourhood.
What to do? How to respond with courage and
determination in defence of the community from
assault on their dignity, their history, their pride?
Rifles, grab the rifles, into the truck, head off the
criminal. Theirs the duty to serve and protect
their community; he must be stopped at all costs.
And, brave fellows they were, he was. They put
an end to the unspeakable incursion. At age 25
he should have known better. One might have
thought that from impressionable childhood on
there was no assuming he had the freedom and the
right as an American proud and free to flaunt an
age-old discourtesy to his betters. So then
he earned his comeuppance. Well, didn't he?
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