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And while we’re on the subject of what the late Marvin Gaye sussed out as “trigger-happy policin’” all the way back in 1971, the
New York Timesdid a long, deep dive into a semi-famous shooting and the investigation thereof. Last September, U.S, Marshals shot and killed an activist named Michael Reinoehl in the aftermath of unrest in Seattle over police violence. Reinoehl was being sought in connection with the shooting death of a Patriot Prayer activist named Aaron Danielson. Reinoehl fled and was cornered in the town of Lacey, Washington, where he was shot. The official story is that he fired on law-enforcement officers. A local investigation recently cleared the officers on that basis. However, as the