“Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.” WellsNightSpeakSidesCuttingParticularPoliceHotelSeptember Author:Tanya Tucker
“A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this case, the drawback is a straightforward consequence of America's approach to firearms. A well-armed citizenry required an even-better-armed constabulary. Widespread gun ownership creates a systematic climate of fear on the part of the police. The result is a quantity of police shootings that, regardless of the facts of any particular case, is just staggeringly high. Young black men, in particular, are paying the price for America's gun culture.” MenWellsFactsAmericaYoungCultureBlackResultsCommonCasesParticularSeriousApproachGunConsequencePoliceClimateShootingFlawsQuantityOwnershipCiviliansStraightforwardSystematicFirearmsCitizenryUnarmedDrawbacksGun OwnershipGun Culture Author:Matthew Yglesias