INGERSOLL: Let’s Remember George Floyd This Memorial Day, For Good Reason

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: Marchers cross the Brooklyn Bridge demanding police reform after a commemoration to honor the anniversary of George Floyd's death on May 25, 2021, in New York City. Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked global protest and continues to spur the Black Lives Matter movement. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Greetings, Dear Reader,

I suppose we should discuss Memorial Day.

Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Montano died in combat. He was just 21. 

It wasn’t combat in Iraq or Afghanistan. Montano wasn’t a special operator in North Africa. He encountered entirely foreseeable and preventable combat outside a bar in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Eight months earlier, Davey Spencer, his murderer, had been booked on charges of assaulting a peace officer. Court transcripts for the proceedings are not publicly available. What we know is that the charge was dropped in favor of Spencer pleading guilty to two lower misdemeanor charges. He was sentenced to 27 days, time served, and released.

It would be approximately his 60th criminal charge, according to public........

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