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Noble forced officers to shoot him

After seeing the Dylan Noble video, my heart goes out to the officers who were forced to shoot him. It’s sad when the officers do everything in their power to save a young man’s life, but the young man chooses death.

I wish nothing but the best for those officers who obviously did everything right, yet are being treated with the same disrespect as the soldiers who came home from Vietnam many years ago.

While I understand the family’s grief, it’s a sad commentary on our society when they and their lawyers choose to use Mr. Noble’s mistake to extort financial gain from you and me (it’s our tax dollars that will pay any costs)!

Kevin Layne, Reedley

This story was originally published July 24, 2016 at 3:48 PM with the headline "Noble forced officers to shoot him."

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