Keith Martin approached a car to wash its windows, The driver was an undercover thug; he shot Mr Martin and then charged him with making a "terrorist threat".

I can understand how the "offer" to wash your windows can be annoying. These people often rush to start washing before you can say no, then they manipulate you into paying them out of a feeling of undeserved obligation, or to get the soap off your windshield. It is bad behavior, indeed.

But does it qualify as a "terrorist threat"? What an absurd exaggeration! Do they deserve to be shot for this? Obviously not. That thug should be prosecuted, because firing is not enough to stop those menaces to society.