return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 22 days agoFather of 18-year-old fatally shot by Ohio police charged with hitting and killing deputy with carwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down111
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minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·21 days agoPolice claim “kid was armed and pointing it at the cops.” Cops are famous for making up bullshit to justify their murders after the fact.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·21 days agoEven if that was true, though, it doesn’t justify it.
minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoTrue, but cops think it does.
minus-squareLv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoIdk “he was aiming a gun at me” is a pretty good reason to shoot back imo. Now whether or not he was actually doing that is a different story
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·21 days agocops are trained to shout “he’s got a gun” after opening fire regardless because eyewitnesses won’t remember the order of events and back them up
Police claim “kid was armed and pointing it at the cops.” Cops are famous for making up bullshit to justify their murders after the fact.
Even if that was true, though, it doesn’t justify it.
True, but cops think it does.
Idk “he was aiming a gun at me” is a pretty good reason to shoot back imo. Now whether or not he was actually doing that is a different story
cops are trained to shout “he’s got a gun” after opening fire regardless because eyewitnesses won’t remember the order of events and back them up