V Smoothe of A Better Oakland on the horrific shootings of four Oakland Police officers this weekend:
It seems callous and wrong to turn around so quickly and write about
policy as if nothing had happened. But what more is there for me to say
about the slaying of four Oakland policemen in the course of their
work? While the deaths are a terrible municipal tragedy, one surely
felt deeply by many members of our community, myself included, I can’t
help but feel that by saying anything at all, I’m intruding on the
intensely private and unimaginable grief the families and friends of
the fallen officers must be experiencing. After all, what do I know of
their loss? It seems indecent and presumptuous, and belittling to their
pain to go on about how all this makes me feel.
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