> According to the official police report, however, Smith aimed the flare at Harbormaster Curtis Havel, who was in the process of towing Warlock to the nearby A

> According to the official police report, however, Smith aimed the flare at Harbormaster Curtis Havel, who was in the process of towing Warlock to the nearby Army Corps of Engineers’ dock > Smith battened down the hatches of Projectile, installed explosive booby traps on its chamber doors, and holed up in the cabin of the anchored-out boat > The police report states Smith defended his position by attempting to stab deputies with a tool that had two metal spikes affixed to a pole. I did not see it mentioned in the article, but I am guessing that the guy was white. There is no way a black man could have done all that to the police and not have been shot dead.