Man Climbing Trump Tower In NYC

As of this moment, a man is climbing up the outside of Trump Tower in New York using some large suction cups. Obviously, the climber looks very experienced and the only reported motivation for his climb is that he wants Trump to see it or him. So far, the NYPD is showing the proper restraint, though it should be noted that he is wearing a reasonably sized backpack which must be of concern to the authorities. Hopefully, the climber is making a political statement and this will end peaceably, as many other similar climbs in New York have ended in the past.

Needless to say, there are plenty of people in Ferguson and Baltimore and Cleveland and Miami and elsewhere who are wondering and wishing why the police in their area couldn't have shown a similar restraint. I'd venture to say that the cops who are brought into these type of situations in New York are some highly trained specialists. Besides the racial element, a specific lack of training, or, worse, the wrong kind of training, for most police officers in this country contributes to these devastating shootings of unarmed citizens.