[coloradan]

I will reserve judgement on what I think about this case.

However, I will point out that there are a few people here at FR who, if the police were the shooters, would hasten to say "Good shoot!" if there were even the slightest inkling that the man had something, anything, in his hand that could have been construed as a weapon. ("What, don't you think police officers should have the right to defend their lives?") Furthermore, the man's name is released, and curiously, even the value of his house. If a police officer shoots someone under similar circumstanecs, they don't release such details, especially the name of the officer involved, "pending the results of an investigation." Here is more evidence of the caste system at work.

[beaversmom]

I'm in Colorado too. I was cleaning out my car the other day and found a toothpick and my dad shouted at me--"You shouldn't have that in the car! What if you got stopped by the police!?!" Of course he was joking but he does believe the police around here in Denver are trigger happy. He still goes on about the Truax case.

[lifacs]

Furthermore, the man's name is released, and curiously, even the value of his house

Think of the Palm Beach Post as a mirror image of the New York Times. They will eventually spin it into something like "See, even CCW permit holders can't handle guns correctly."

Not only was the man's name released, three pictures accompanied the story in the actual newpaper. A picture of his house, looks like it could be one of those zero lot line subdivision. A picture of a map of where his house is located and a picture of the boy shot (caucasian).