by Bob Walsh
I went to a memorial on Sunday for my lady friend's nephew, Henry William Lane, who was shot to death a few weeks back in Red Bluff, CA. It was a nice gathering, a few family and some friends, maybe 24 people all together. The memorial was outside at a park. It had rained in the morning, but then cleared up.
The thing that struck me as strange was the park. There was NO graffiti anywhere. No broken beer bottles, discarded needles or condom wrappers. The bathroom were open and clean and functional. The BBQ pits had not been vandalized nor the metal grills stolen by scroungers. There were large piles of driftwood next to the creek and some piles of fire wood as well that nobody had attempted to set on fire.
The occasion was somber, but this was so noteworthy that I felt compelled to speak to it.
6 comments:
Ya, once you get away from the metropolitan and tourista areas, parts of California are still pretty nice.
Henry was a good man and a good friend to many in our community. Unforgettable smile and a great sense of humor. He will be missed. He was unfortunately murdered in cold blood by a notoriously corrupt and crooked police officer.
Uh huh. Which is why you posted here anonymously. You're in fear for your life, right?
That may not be completely inaccurate Dave. I wasn't there at the time, but (allegedly) the officer who shot Henry had threatened him, in public in front of witnesses. I have also seen body cam and dash cam footage of the shooting itself. I am unsure that a stick approx. 5 feet long is a dangerous weapon at a distance of 30 feet plus. I am not saying that it is a bad shooting. I am saying that it needs to be looked at carefully. With luck that is what the county is doing.
Yes, anyone that knew the murderer would be in fear of their life. Even other cops would joke to us about how the killer was the best “testaliar” they ever met.
A long stick some 30 feet away? Sure sounds like a bad shooting.
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