Over the weekend, San Francisco Police Officers gunned down a panhandler, they allege lunged at them with a knife.
Obviously, from the news reports, it is apparent that the gentleman in question was suffering from serious mental problems and in dire need of medical help.
Was it not possible for the Officers to subdue the man by some other means - by stun gun, perhaps?
It seems like such a sad loss of life over a trivial matter, such as "begging" in the streets.
Maybe that is the new "modus operandi" for dealing with beggars these days on San Francisco's mean streets.
They shoot horses, don't they?
Let us be guided by charity and compassion...