Not having a license is not an arrestable offense ($15 fine for first time offense in Maryland), nor is anything in this clip an offense punishable by death. No gun should have ever been drawn. Taser, maybe, but that would have even gone beyond necessary.
The ONLY thing he could have gotten Sam on is DUI, if the…

As written, it was a beautiful tribute to the great author. I was finishing the last section, "a keening lament" for Douglas's death, written by Richard Dawkins, just before I needed to start my teaching day. I started bawling on the teachers' lounge couch, and took a couple of minutes before Homeroom to compose…