12 Year Old with Pellet Gun Killed by Police

By Tom Hudson

Disclaimer: This story is extremely difficult to write. When I heard the news over the weekend that a 12-year-old had been killed by police, I was depressed, and to be honest, I had no intention of writing about it. This website and my articles had elicited at times some heated and nasty discussions about police and their role in recent shootings. I didn’t want this article to turn into another one of those nasty, mudslinging, comment flame wars, but I have an obligation to opine on current events like this one. I only ask for a modicum of civility …read more