John Kass: “Case of 95-year-old killed by cops, demands justice”

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John Kass, is a reliably right-wing columnist for the reliably right-wing Chicago Tribune. As a right winger, he hates gun control.

He has written many articles about how a couple dozen people in America have defended their homes with guns, conveniently ignoring the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been murdered with guns.

Kass sneers at (his words) “U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, of Colorado, who said that her proposed ban on the sale or transfer of magazines holding more than 10 rounds would reduce violence.. . . the ignorance of some lawmakers, including a lead House sponsor of a proposed federal ban on high-capacity magazinesd.”

You see, guns aren’t enough. Kass wants everyone, including your crazy neighbor, to have machine guns as part of their 2nd Amendment rights. What next, John, bazookas?

Anyway, my black sense of humor was tickled when I read of gun-lover Kass’s outrage that police had Tased and shot beanbags at a 95-year-old man, killing him:

“General guidelines for the (beanbag) weapon suggest one should never be fired 15 feet or less from the target.

“But . . . police may have fired well within that distance.

“No doubt, old people can sometimes become violent, especially when they’re frustrated or scared. (But) why didn’t they just wait him out?

“He wasn’t going anywhere. All they had to do was close the door and wait for him to fall asleep.

“He didn’t deserve what came to him.”

Police are selected for qualifications, then trained for weeks, perhaps months, then have years of daily, on-the-street experience in the proper use of weapons and in how to handle difficult situations.

Yet these selected and trained police Tased and beanbagged a 95 year old man to death.

The gun nuts, like Kass, want school teachers to carry guns. Imagine what a school teacher, with limited-to-no training and no experience, and no real knowledge of “guidelines,” would do with a gun — a gun having a high capacity magazine, no less — if confronted by an unruly teenager.

Another George Zimmerman?

Huff Post
Chicago Police Misconduct Settlements Surge As The City Pays Out Millions In Taxpayer Dollars

Chicago’s price tag for legal claims against its police force is climbing and has already surpassed the $27 million the city set aside for this year.

The largest settlement this week was for $4.5 million to the family of 22-year-old Rekia Boyd. (She) was walking down the street on March 21, 2012, when an off-duty police detective sitting in his own vehicle got into an argument with a group of men nearby.

Thinking one of the men had a gun as he approached his vehicle, the detective “started firing blindly over his shoulder,” with one of the bullets striking Boyd in the head, killing her. “She had nothing to do with any of it”.

Selected, trained and experienced police officers repeatedly violate laws, including gun-related laws. Yet, the gun nuts want everyone to carry a gun. Visualize millions of stupid, untrained, anger-management candidates, all carrying guns.

In short, imagine John Kass carrying a gun.

Yikes!

Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
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