Yesterday morning I woke up to the news that 4 police had been murdered.
Today I woke up to the news that the suspected shooter had been found and shot dead.
First off, I hoped that they got the right person.
Second, I asked myself why. Why would that guy have murdered these 4 policemen he did not even know?
And that seems to be the theme of recent news. Why? Why did he/they do it?
Israel wants to prosecute some 900 year old guy from Ohio for alleged crimes in a Nazi concentration camp during WW2. Why did we murder so many families in those camps?
Cambodia is prosecuting some guy there for similar war crimes by the Khymer Rouge. Why did Cambodians turn on each other and murder half their countrymen?
A while back, a 16 year old girl in Richmond, CA was brutally raped by a group of men outside her high school - and no one called the police or stopped it. This morning there was a radio story on Richmond, CA as a former resident asked how this had happened in his hometown. I actually lived and worked in Richmond for a time and when I first heard the story all I could think about is why this happened and what those men were thinking.
Why are human beings so inhuman to each other?
From acts of individual violence to systemic violence and genocide, why do we do it? I dont have any answers. I just find myself shaking my head and asking why.
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