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   The shooting death this week of a black 18-year-old in   
   Washington, D.C., is by no means an open-and-shut case of police   
   brutality.   
      
   The American Civil Liberties Union, however, believes otherwise.   
      
   The alleged pro-civil-rights group tried Thursday to incite a   
   mob against law enforcement officials in the nation’s capital   
   following the shooting death of Deon Kay.   
      
   “DC police murdered Deon Kay yesterday,” the ACLU said on Sept.   
   3 in a since-deleted tweet to its nearly two million followers.   
   “He was just 18 years old. His death is yet another painful   
   reminder that violence and racism is endemic to policing in this   
   nation.”   
      
   The ACLU added, “We demand justice for Deon, and every life   
   taken by DC police.”   
      
   What is going on here?   
      
   A police officer killed Kay on Wednesday, that is true. But the   
   18-year-old died under unclear and yet-to-be-determined   
   circumstances. We simply do not have enough information to   
   declare Kay's death a “murder.” Not even close.   
      
   Police officers were dispatched to southeast Washington   
   Wednesday afternoon after receiving a call about a man with a   
   gun. When they arrived, they saw a small crowd gathering around   
   one car. Two people then fled from the car, prompting officers   
   to give chase. Kay was reportedly in the passenger seat of said   
   car. As law enforcement officials pursued, the two suspects   
   split up. A couple of officers went after Kay, corralling him   
   outside an apartment complex, where he was then shot and killed.   
   Body camera footage of the incident shows Kay had a firearm in   
   his hand at the moment he was shot. It appears Kay may have also   
   tried to drop his weapon just before he was killed. The footage   
   also shows that Kay was shot in the chest while running toward   
   one of the police officers.   
      
   Black Lives Matter activists and even the District’s own anti-   
   Semitic council member Trayon White, speculated that Kay was   
   unarmed and shot in the back.   
      
   Officers rendered first aid and rushed Kay to a hospital, where   
   he was pronounced dead.   
      
   Even with the body camera footage, it is difficult to make out   
   what, exactly, happened that evening. It is difficult to tell   
   whether Kay “brandished” his firearm, though it appears he was   
   indeed holding one when he was shot. It is difficult to tell   
   whether Kay attempted to drop his firearm as an officer shouted   
   repeatedly, “Don’t move!”   
      
   The point is that the circumstances surrounding Kay’s death are   
   unclear, and we will not know what happened until there is at   
   least a preliminary investigation.   
      
   But try telling that to the ACLU, which claimed Thursday that   
   the police had “murdered” the black 18-year-old.   
      
   How could anyone make that determination sans a formal (or even   
   an informal) investigation? What would possess a normal, right-   
   minded person to jump to that very specific conclusion without   
   first observing more evidence or waiting to hear the conclusions   
   of at least a preliminary investigation? What would possess a   
   100-year-old institution whose entire purpose is to know and   
   defend the law to do the same?   
      
   All is not right at the ACLU, which has for decades prided   
   itself on its defenses of due process. It has been obvious for   
   some time now that the alleged pro-civil-liberties organization   
   is suffering from a serious illiberal rot. At this point,   
   though, it appears the rot is institutional.   
      
   The ACLU used to act as a defense against mobs. Now, it incites   
   them.   
      
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/aclu-accuses-   
   washington-police-of-murder-and-tries-to-incite-race-mob   
      
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