'Go Ahead and Shoot Me': The Veteran Who Defied Ferguson's Cops

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FERGUSON, Mo. — David Hoech was the last, and most unexpected, protester of the night. The 74-year-old Vietnam veteran drove 60 miles to Ferguson, where for the last three days unrest has gripped the town following Michael Brown’s killing by a cop. Hoech approached the line of police and SWAT vehicles in his sedan late Tuesday, turned around, and parked. When he opened the door, he leaned on his oxygen tank as police shone a spotlight on him. He walked across West Florissant Avenue, recently vacated by a large, boisterous, yet peaceful crowd that told police “We are Mike Brown.”

David Hoech also had something to say.

“The only thing that matters in all of this is that mother who lost her son,” he said not far from the police line. “I want to give her a hug and tell her I love her. I have four kids and eight grandkids and I haven’t had to bury any one of them. What she’s going through must be terrible.”

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“I want to go back there and talk to the people,” Hoech told officers at the police line, eventually succeeding and becoming the only person allowed through all night. “This is America. I can go where I want to go. And if you’re going to shoot my ass, go ahead and shoot me.”

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/13/go-ahead-and-shoot-me-the-veteran-who-defied-ferguson-s-cops.html

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Thank you. nt

[Gothmog]

2. Good man

This man is a good person

[Fantastic Anarchist]

3. Incredible!

Need more like him. Millions upon millions more.