To the Editor:
Re “Video Shown After Officer Kills a Black Man in Tulsa” (news article, Sept. 20):
I see footage of a man with his hands in the air, apparently not following police orders. Why is the only response to this a bullet, especially one aimed to kill?
Have we made any progress on the development of a nonlethal response to a perceived potential threat? We have brilliant minds in this country. Surely some of them could be put to work on an alternative way to stop and restrain a person, especially one who is not posing an immediate danger.
This personal and societal grief must come to an end.
MICHAEL RAAB
New York
Note from KBJ: I agree. Shoot the suspect in the leg if you must disable him or her. Don't shoot to kill unless your own life is imminently threatened.
