Arizona: A Police Killing Without a Hint of Racism

Daniel Shaver was showing off his pellet gun while standing before the window of his Mesa, Arizona hotel room. Two guests in the hot tub five stories below were alarmed by this sight. Someone called 911. Six officers arrived and ordered Shaver, who was intoxicated, out of his room. Shaver exited unarmed, put his hands up, and complied with orders to lie down on the ground. Nevertheless, he was shot and killed by an officer (above) whose service weapon was etched with the words “You're fucked.” This article asks if the incident has received so little attention simply because both the officer and Shaver were white.