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From the BBC
An armed security guard at a bar in suburban Chicago was killed by police as he detained a suspected gunman, according to officials and witnesses.
After gunfire erupted around 04:00 local time on Sunday, Jemel Roberson, 26, chased down an attacker and knelt on his back until police arrived.
Moments after police came on the scene, an officer opened fire on Roberson, who was black, killing him.
Friends say Roberson was a musician who had dreams of joining the police.
COMMENT:-
I rather suspect that all of those who were pushing the "All it will take is one good man with a gun" line while completely discounting those who were saying "Yep, and the odds that the wrong person - including that 'one good man' - is going to get killed because the police won't bother to identify who the actual shooter is." are going to respond to this item with their usual, highly nuanced, "But that's DIFFERENT!!!".
Outcry after police shoot African-American security guard 'hero'
An armed security guard at a bar in suburban Chicago was killed by police as he detained a suspected gunman, according to officials and witnesses.
After gunfire erupted around 04:00 local time on Sunday, Jemel Roberson, 26, chased down an attacker and knelt on his back until police arrived.
Moments after police came on the scene, an officer opened fire on Roberson, who was black, killing him.
Friends say Roberson was a musician who had dreams of joining the police.
COMMENT:-
I rather suspect that all of those who were pushing the "All it will take is one good man with a gun" line while completely discounting those who were saying "Yep, and the odds that the wrong person - including that 'one good man' - is going to get killed because the police won't bother to identify who the actual shooter is." are going to respond to this item with their usual, highly nuanced, "But that's DIFFERENT!!!".