I saw this a while back ...

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... but it still deserves repeating:

Mr. Chamberlain didn’t respond. So the operator signaled for an ambulance. Police patrol cars fell in behind — standard operating procedure in towns across America. Except an hour later, even as Mr. Chamberlain insisted he was in good health, the police had snapped the locks on the apartment door.

They fired electric charges from Tasers, and beanbags from shotguns. Then they said they saw Mr. Chamberlain grab a knife, and an officer fired his handgun.

Yep, they killed him, all the while pretending that they were there to help him.

I don't need that kind of help.

The more I read about these kinds of things, the more curmudgeonly I get ...

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