Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Monday, August 06, 2018

‘Don’t try me buddy!’: Unarmed Ohio man told cops he was suicidal and being chased by witches — they shot and killed him

A Cleveland businessman killed by police after he crashed his car and attacked the Good Samaritans who tried to help him had called 911 to say he was suicidal and being chased by witches, The Plain Dealer reports.

Brett Luengo, 33, was shot and killed after he crashed his car on Interstate 90 and then attacked the people who stopped to help him. A Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputy showed up and shot him in the chest, killing him.

Luengo was apparently in a psychotic state. In the video, he’s seen with a bloody face being kicked by the cop, getting up, walking toward the cop, and being kicked again.

“Get down on the ground, get down on the ground,” the deputy yells. “Don’t try me buddy.”

Luengo pursued the deputy and was shot dead on the side of the freeway.

Police told a local TV station that the deputy appeared to have followed the proper protocol.

Original Article
Source: rawstory.com
Author: Martin Cizmar
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