By John F. Di Leo -
In the middle of the night on June 27, an Akron police car turned on its lights to pull over a car for a moving violation. Instead of pulling over and cordially handing over both license and registration, hoping to evade a ticket through politeness and charm, as you or I would do, the driver did the opposite:
Instead of pulling over and hoping for the best, this 25-year-old genius named Jayland Walker floored it, leading multiple police cars on a high-speed chase, to the tune of 85mph in a 35mph residential zone, putting other drivers – and any late-night pedestrians too – in severe danger.
Eventually, Walker fired a handgun at the police pursuing him, ditched his car, leaped out of the car while wearing a ski mask, and ran away. In hot pursuit of a man who had shot at them already, when the police saw him turn toward them, they assumed what anyone would assume: that he was going to fire at them again. So the police did what police are supposed to do: they fired, killing him instantly.
Akron has now been beset with growing demonstrations for days, and Democrat politicians all over the country are weighing in.
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