A bullet, a rescue and a long road home

Wounded Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deputy Robin Hopkins shares a happy moment with her 22-month-old son Bronson in her rehabilitation hospital room. She has undergone nearly a dozen surgeries since being shot. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)

A well written story about a shooting that happened in Albuquerque, New Mexico in October of this year. It covers the gamut of society, from the horribly bad to the amazingly good.

This story is liable to make you think that "something ought to be done", and there probably are many things that should be done. My choice would be to find a better way to deal with alcohol and alcoholics, but I doubt we are going to get serious about that anytime soon. Meanwhile, we at least need to keep an adequate number of cats (police) on hand to keep the vermin in check.

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