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When is enough enough?

I was horrified to read of yet another officer-involved shooting in Spokane County, the third such incident in four weeks.

Following on the heels of the fatal shooting of Pastor Creach, we now have an unarmed pregnant woman that was shot because she “failed to comply with the officer’s request.”

At what point do we look past the arrogance and incompetence of our law enforcement officers and hold the government and agency leaders accountable for these actions? I believe, as a citizen of Spokane County, that we need to ask ourselves, at what point, if any, will these concerns be addressed?

And incidentally, regarding that parking ticket I got last week? The check is in the mail.

Kameron McLean

Spokane

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