I posted early in this thread to critique Hakman for jumpin' at conclusions. Well, his jump was more accurate than my comment. This is a sad tragedy which has nothing to do with whether the young man was illegally working in the country or not or spoke good English or not. He clearly did not deserve what happened to him and nothing can bring him back.

Heard an English commentator say today (08/17/05)the latest version of the police story is that one policeman was watching the suspicious residence but was 'relieving himself' as the 'suspect' exited hence gave as his best guess whether they were dealing with a terrorist or not.

While in the Boston area, the city police killed an innocent bystander during the night of the public celebration for the big win of the Red Sox over the Yankees in late 'o4. The cops were using s'posedly non-lethal riot gear, but no one was rioting. They shot the young lady in the eye with it. One thing I'll give them, the new lady chief of police made no excuses and spun no story. However, they have soft pedaled the fact that other people were shot with this equipment without provocation.