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Wally is loudly insisting that this cartoon is not
funny. Meanwhile, he is having
difficulty maintaining a straight face.
But sadly, this is gallows humor and, in
times of feeling completely without power, finding a way to laugh about a
painful situation is the only way to stay sane.
But the cartoon brings to mind a very sad event. In early August,
a young, unarmed black man was shot by police, as he shopped the aisles of
an Ohio Walmart. Ronald Ritchie, the individual who first
called 911, said that a young
black man was walking around Walmart while threatening and pointing a gun at children
and adult shoppers. After the
shooting, Ritchie initially told reporters that he was an ex-marine. Later, however, it was learned that he only
served seven weeks and was booted out in 2008 for fraudulent enlistment.
“I can almost understand the cops thinking that
they may've rolled up on a situation with an active shooter,” Wally wrote in one of his
unpublished letters to the editor. “But there is no excuse for the actions of
Mr. Ritchie. It was a cruel joke on his part and there must be some kind of law
under which he can be prosecuted.”
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