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The officer who, the report said, first ordered the boys to be stopped and then pointed a gun at one of them is Lt. John Dasaro. He told investigators he had been worried that the boy was armed. Dasaro was moved to work at the internal affairs unit that investigates use of force against civilians.

• Wild Design: A really fun overview of cool things "built" by organisms. It's almost a children's book for adults. The pictures are really strong contemplation material. I'm still blown away that diatoms (single-celled plants) build glass-like silica containers for themselves when they're born, then just hang out in them for life, taking in sunlight and keeping out predators.
• Moms: A graphic novel about divorced working class older women in Korea. Wow, that is a hard life. Despite the struggles, I like how the culture and economics work out such that the moms can go out to eat a lat. Also, any time there is anything raunchy in a Korean context, I am shocked because 90% of what I've heard about Korea I've heard from my parents, so it's always nice to be exposed to another perspective on, like, an entire nation filled with adults.

I started:

• The Game Players of Titan: It's got that weird PKD energy, and it's set in a depopulated world with interesting properties as a result of the depopulation.
• Dig It! Building Bound to the Ground: This is a straight-up coffee table book, but it has tons of great pictures and maps of underground structures, which are things I can't resist.