• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re telling me the police statement lied??? I am SHOCKED. yeah right.

    Police statement are always false, always. Never believe them. That’s why I didn’t buy it a few days ago when everyone on Lemmy was saying the kid deserved it

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      8 months ago

      Which is crazy because any doctor (or coroner) would recognize an entrance wound in the back.

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      8 months ago

      I will say that at least in this case the kid had guns. Usually they don’t even have that and get murdered. This is more justified than usual cop involved shootings, but still not justified. The fact that a lot of the others get away with it tell me this guy probably will too.

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        8 months ago

        So he got killed for dropping the guns when told to? The article may not be explicit enough with the timeline, but at least implies that

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          8 months ago

          Well, he dropped one of the guns. The other didn’t leave his hand until shot, per the video. So for whatever reason he hadn’t let go of the second gun. He didn’t manage to do anything vaguely looking like aiming the gun, but he certainly hadn’t dropped the second gun at the point he got shot.

          Think this is a tough one to use for either side of the argument. On the one hand, he didn’t quite manage to raise the gun or face the officer. On the other hand he might have been about to find some cover and return fire too quickly for the officer to react, since the gun was in hand, depending on what was in front of them.

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        8 months ago

        I don’t have it off the top of my head, but the usual “he was running at us blasting so we had to do it”

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          8 months ago

          Wow. Anyone who believes this at face value is part of the problem.

          Misinformation and propaganda are spread on all sides, guys. Try to rise above it even if you like it.

          (most of you won’t)

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            8 months ago

            It’s funny to me how you’re immediately sabotaging all the points you’re trying to make by being a dick about it.

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        8 months ago

        When they claimed he was shot as he was advancing on the cops. When in fact he was shot when he was running away