Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He mea pai - he mea waimarie - i whai maia ai tētahi kaimātakitaki, i whai whakaaro hoki ki te tuhi i te ataata whakamataku e whakaatu ana i tētahi pirihimana mā, a Michael Slager, e pupuhi ana, e patu ana i tētahi tangata pango kore patu, ko Walter Scott, i muri i te tūnga waka i Te Tai Tokerau o Charleston, South Carolina. Na ko te ngaru o te whakarihariha me te riri o te motu - me te hopu tere o Slager mo nga whakapae mo te kohuru - he urupare pai me te tika. Engari ko te kaupapa e whakaara ana i ngā pātai whānui, e āwangawanga ana mō te maha o ngā wā e puta ana ngā take pēnei me te kore e whai painga mai i te rekoata a tētahi atu. Ehara i te mea he mea ngaro: Neke atu i te 20 tau ki muri, i whakaaetia e te Kaunihera he ture, ko te Ture Whakahaeretanga i te Hākinakina me te Whakahaeretanga o te Ture o te tau 1994, i hainatia e te Perehitini Bill Clinton, e whakahau ana i te Tari Ture o te kāwanatanga ki te kohikohi raraunga mo nga mate i meinga e te pirihimana. Kāore i tino whakatinanahia te ture, e waiho ana i a tātou he mōhiohio kōaro mō ngā wāhanga motuhake, kaua he whakaaro whānui mō te āhua o te iwi me te mahi pirihimana i Amerika. "Ko te mea i tupu i konei i tenei ra, ehara i te mea ka tupu i nga wa katoa. Mehemea kaore he ataata? He aha mēnā kāore he kaiwhakaatu - he toa rānei, ko tāku e karanga nei ki a ia - e haere mai ana ki mua?" te kī a L. Chris Stewart, he rōia mō te whānau o Scott. "Kei te kite koe, ko nga ripoata tuatahi (pori) i kii i tetahi mea tino rereke". He kupu ngawari tena. I roto i ngā kōrero tuatahi a te pirihimana - i whakaputaina i mua i te putanga mai o te ataata ki te marama - i kī a Slager i whakaekehia ia e Scott, i pupuhi ia i muri noa iho i te whawhai, ā, i whai kaha ngā pirihimana ki te whakaora i a Scott. Ko te riipene ataata e whakaatu ana i aua kerēme, ā, tērā pea i āwhina ki te hopu tere o Slager me ngā whakapae kohuru e tatari ana. "Ki te hē koe, he hē koe", te kī a Keith Summey, Tumuaki o Te Tai Tokerau o Charleston. Na ka waiho a Slager ki te aro atu ki ngā whakapae mo te kohuru ka taea te tuku i a ia ki te rārangi mate - ā, ko te toenga o tātou ki te aro atu ki tētahi āhuatanga āwangawanga. He pai ki ahau kia whakamahia e te pirihimana nga kāmera tinana, ahakoa ehara i te rongoa makutu hei aukati, hei aukati ranei i te kaha o te kaha....
Errol Louis: Na te tupono i kitea e tētahi kaitirotiro ataata tētahi pirihimana o South Carolina e patu ana i tētahi tangata pango kāore i patu. Ko te ture a te kāwanatanga e pā ana ki te pūrongo o ngā patu pērā e kore e whakatinanahia - e hia ngā take kāore anō kia rangona e tātou? e pā ana ia. Louis: Kua roa kua pahemo te wā mō ngā rangatira ki te kōrero i te pono - ahakoa kāore he ataata.