I was struck by the brazenness of it. The length of time. It was something that stuck with me. The defiance of the people who are pleading for assistance. The indifference to the pleas of the victim. Because if you look at a lot of these cases that involve a shooting, it happens in an instant. You know, there are many questions to be asked about them, but there’s always this idea: This is a decision that’s made in an instant. It doesn’t excuse it. But, you know, the idea that somebody could say “Well, I was startled and reacted” is present in a shooting-style case. In this one, it was slow. Agonizing. It was—it was shocking. –KEITH ELLISON Minnesota attorney general