return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoFather of 18-year-old fatally shot by Ohio police charged with hitting and killing deputy with carwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down110
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minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·2 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-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day 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
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoEven if that was true, though, it doesn’t justify it.
minus-squareLv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours 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-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoTrue, but cops think it does.
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.
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
Even if that was true, though, it doesn’t justify it.
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
True, but cops think it does.