One year ago today, Lt. Officer John Ellen of Travis County Texas responded for a wellness check on Jae Friedman.
Officer Ellen fired 9 bullets through my blind and above-knee amputee brother as he was sitting in his wheelchair drinking a beer. The last words spoken while my brother was alive were "f*cking ch*nk."
Yet the blue wall stood to swath him in the protection of qualified immunity and his family was sent the bill for the investigation.
It has been a year and the pain has not subsided and the questions persist.
My ire towards the police establishment grows exponentially.
My heart shatters when I think about it, so today I am going to try to stay busy and forget.
But I will never forget Jae Friedman, because his life mattered and he did not deserve the violent end he received.
www.justiceforjae.com
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