.. is this bad story ...

"We're asking for an independent investigation. We're asking that the police not do their own investigation because we know the Denver police cannot police themselves," said Alvertis Simmons, state organizer for the Million Man March. "The question is this: Would they have shot that young man had he been white and in Cherry Hills? Ask the Denver police that question."

An independent investigation is the right call for Hickenlooper (and for the Denver Police) here.