I dreamt two friends and I walked across a grass lot to a newly constructed building that was intended to be an auto repair shop but was instead being used as a snowmobile repair shop. We were using a pressure washer to clean the floor when the owner discovered us there and gave me a pair of overalls to wear. Interrupted.
I was out on a street with a large crowd and was talking to some guys where I gestured about getting punched in my face. A guy in the crowd tried to say I was being racist but I told him he didn't understand the conversation or my joke. Interrupted. I was at the gym and using an exercise bike but stopped to rearrange the seat and padding of another piece of equipment so I could lay down and take the pressure off my back. Dreaming about back pain. Ugh. That dream was interrupted too. Another inmates says the "neutralized" Mount Horeb school shooter had a pellet gun when he was killed. When the story originally broke it seemed like a cry for help and an inappropriate effort for a 14 year old boy to attempt to assert control where he was otherwise feeling without reasonable options. As it turns out, law enforcement saved the school from a broken window, tiny dent in a door, or the execution of a perfectly enjoyable beverage? By killing a child they saved a Coca Cola? And their actions will be found justifiable. I don't know what exactly transpired but something about this story doesn't feel right to me. Instead of perpetuating my poisoned opinion, I think that officers who put on their body armor and it becomes a reason to offer a child the benefit of the doubt where they protect the lives of someone in a mental or emotional crisis deserve recognition. The ones who do something truly brave often pursue careers in law enforcement. It isn't fair for me to always by measuring the apple court by its worst produce. Was that Texas where the police fearfully waited outside the classroom while students were being executed? It seems like the appearance of the weapon and the sound it makes when shot should be part of training. Yes, I am aware that I may be unreasonably compassionate toward teenagers who make un-wise decisions. I wish I was there to guide my own teenagers decisions to better protect her well-being too.
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