Crime and Punishment

I just finished reading this article in the New York Times and I'm disgusted. This man is a murderer, a killer, a cop-killer. His community is trying to make him out to be some victim or martyr and blame a military and a war he willingly was a part of. "A casualty of war?" Hardly. His father wants him buried with military honors. He should be thrown in a pauper's grave with no tombstone. The article wants to throw the blame of this man's actions at someone else's feet. Yet, we cannot escape the responsibility of our own actions. This man opened fire on police officers that he lured to a gunfight and then cold-bloodedly executed one of them.

This article is a perfect example of how our society is losing its foundations. This man is a killer and we want to blame everyone but him.