Show FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFFAIR the scene on our streets last friday would have furbished furbish ed a real story for a big daily paper with wih flashing headlines such as youth resists arrest airest with drawn knife officer cef slashed in scuffle after afler halt hour buur chase etc but country edi editors tots like country cops copl have to use discretion in the way they handle a such situations arid and after all such a story could serve no good purpose we cant refrain from commenting however that had the incident occurred in some other places the lad who was responsible for it would probably have got plugged because his backing a peace officer around the street with a knife drawn was ample provocation for shooting marshall bennett and deputy sheriff bentley are to be complimented on their avoiding a tragedy though in doing so they ran the risk of being slashed up to have killed or oc even maimed the boy who was not wholly e because of the stuff staff he be drinking would have been a terrible thing even though there was sufficient provocation it is questionable however if they were justified in ali allowing owing him to abuse them as he be did after he was finally shackled and being taken to the jail blittle twisting of those shackles or even a bump on the bonnet would have engendered not only in him but in the crowd of onlookers which unfortunately included four or five score of school children who have seen and heard beard what happened a good wholesome respect for the law and its enforcement officers |