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Impossible to find meaning in beating

January 31, 2023 9:46 am • Last Updated: January 31, 2023 9:46 am

Another death by police officers. Who are they? Do they have families, children, wives, girlfriends? They have destroyed a young man and his family. They have destroyed their own families. Can you fathom the child of one of the involved officers and the shame, disgrace? Hard to accept. Children want respect from their family, not to be disgraced. We must search for some explanation. Were they church-goers, Little League coaches, proud to be a cop? Go find some meaning for such inhumane conduct. I cannot.

Martin M. Rutchik

Mystic

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