According to report from the Colorado Daily, 22-year old Michael Wilson died last weekend after being shot by a police officer with a Taser gun. Wilson was running from police and the “Boulder County Drug Task Force,” who had suspected him of growing marijuana in a nearby field.

Of course, Wilson is a fool for running from police, who are reporting that Wilson was armed with a folding knife and was “displaying assaultive behavior.” The ACLU is up in arms about the use of the Taser gun, which appears to be responsible for the death. But the deeper problem is with regard to the reasons why this conflict even occured in the first place and the motivation that Wilson would have had to run (i.e. he was more than likely facing jail time). Was his life really worth keeping that weed off the streets?

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