Productive rage

Of course, that leads to the acknowledgement that there are not enough roads to accommodate all the vehicles licensed to ride around the city, the officials unable to take on the huge responsibility of addressing overdevelopment, cracking down on colorum vehicles, and designing workarounds to accommodate all the competing demands of commuters while pursuing permanent solutions.

- Joseph T. Gonzales

Police competence? The vloggers have already detailed, and wailed about, the inadequacies demonstrated in this instance. So what's to be done about increasing competencies? Implementing SOPs, and equipping them with basic kits to process violators? Training them on what to do in these scenarios? We await, not just answers, but progress.

There are many more maladies that can be explored. Alcohol abuse? Monitoring establishments that cater to the irresponsible? Awareness drives? Parenting skills?

In the meantime, we mourn this vibrant man who seemed to have brought so much joy to members of the community. We empathize with the family of the accused, who must now be in the grips of a nightmare. But more than that, we demand accountability beyond just this single accused. For there are many more complicit actors that contributed, in some bizarre, unanticipated way, to this.