Liberal Professor: We Used “Too Much Force” Capturing Boston Bomber.

21 Apr, 2013 by John Hawkins

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Liberal professor Ruth O’Brien from The City University of New York thinks we may have been a little too tough on the Boston Marathon Bomber who was killed by the police. O’Brien, who’s the author of the forthcoming book, Out of Many, One: Obama and the Third American Political Tradition, chided the Boston police for using “too much force” when they killed, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Sure, he may have killed a lot of people and their lives may have been at risk apprehending him, but they should have been a little kinder and gentler, darn it (Maybe his brother, who ran over him in a car escaping a shootout with police, should have given up instead of making him into a speed bump).

Now we have captured the two terrorists from Chechnya who come from the troubled region that is Muslim, but we cannot understand their motives, not yet. And Obama encourages us to refrain.

This said, the mortuary pictures of the older brother of the two are extremely disturbing, raising questions as to whether the Boston Police Department captured him with too much force.

…Boston has great resonance for terrorists. Selecting the Boston Marathon has great impact and it is going to be felt among the upper middle class: healthy, white, high-income earners who are non-smokers and non-drinkers (though maybe pancake-and-syrup eaters) – those who attend the Boston Marathon or watch it.

I do hope we all watch the cleanup or the damage control and hear the words Obama uttered — we should be careful not just to bracket the motives of these terrorists — but also make sure to remember that we are an immigrant nation.

…The United States that I love hunts down terrorists AND follows human rights during capture.

…We accept difference, as a nation, and we should champion our greatest strength — inclusivity — at these extreme moments if we want the character of the United States not to be judged harshly by the global community.

Yeah, instead of calling for justice, we should be calling for inclusivity….or something.

What is wrong with this woman?