OPINION:
I wonder how it is that people who have called 911 get shot by the responding police officers. In Minneapolis last weekend an Australian woman, Justine Damond, called 911 to report an assault (“Questions remain surrounding fatal Minnesota police shooting,” Web, July 18). At some point during responding, one of the police officers who arrived shot and killed her. She was unarmed, hadn’t broken any laws and was in her pajamas. Why was she killed? We will have to wait until the police officers get their story straight. Both officers were wearing body cameras, but for some reason neither camera was turned on. Neither officer has been fired; both are on administrative leave, which is the same as a paid vacation.
I have written it before, and I will write it again: We need a national law or a constitutional amendment stating that any police officer who takes a life should no longer be permitted to work in law enforcement. Police officers are supposed to serve and protect all citizens, not kill unarmed women in their pajamas. No police officer should have a license to kill.
CHUCK MANN
Greensboro, N.C.
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