By John McCallum
Managing Editor 

The best approach is to wait for answers

Write to the Point

 

Last updated 9/13/2018 at 5:06pm



Like the rest of you, I want some answers to why a knife-wielding man was shot and killed in Mitchell’s Harvest Foods parking lot late Sept. 3 by three Cheney police officers.

Unlike some of you, however, I’m willing to wait before I start offering up conjecture on why the officers fired and condemnation for doing so until I know more of the facts.

There’s a saying that “Facts shouldn’t be allowed to get in the way of a good story.” Contrary to popular belief, we in the news journalism profession don’t adhere to this.

But out in the social media world, expressing an opinion wi...



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