Welcoming, pro-business, Republican North Carolina. Again.

1. From the link:

“I know what happened, I was there,” the teen’s father said. “I watched him shoot my son in cold blood right in front of me, and there’s no changing that.”

However, attorney James Payne, who is representing the officer who allegedly shot Keith Vidal, said that the investigation would show no wrongdoing.

Both these statements could well be true.

2. I’ve said it before: if the technology is available and I suspect it is, on-duty police should be required to wear recording equipment; that would protect citizens from police abuse and protect conscientious officers from false accusations.