The attempted murder of Officer Brennan

I wish Officer Brennan and his family the best. Nobody recovers completely from a gunshot wound to the head. Nobody.

And I can’t help be moved by this amazing photo by Robert Stolarik for the New York Times capturing a failed two-bit criminal being himself. The caption reads:

Luis Ortiz taunted photographers and jeered at onlookers as he was taken from a Brooklyn precinct station house on Wednesday to be booked for the shooting of Police Officer Kevin Brennan.

Purely as photography, it’s a gem. As an insight into a person, it’s depressing.