The only surprise is that the authorities in Chicago released the video of - anything. It doesn't show the actual shots fired into the back of Paul O'Neal, a kid who will never see his 19th birthday because the police body cams somehow failed to work. I know, amazing coincidence, isn't it?

Get down! Hands behind your back! You shot at us, mother------!"

Here's the deal:

Cop-worship seemed to be the national religion as the U.S. ruling and talking classes sanctified five Dallas policemen. “Just at the moment when rage was most needed, hand holding, candle light vigils and pleas for calm became the order of the day.” Officiating over it all was the Actor-in-Chief, playing his familiar role as philosopher-preacher (he’s an assassin on Tuesday nights), who has “never used his authority to prosecute even one killer cop.”