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minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·1 day 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-down1·21 hours 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-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 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.
True, but cops think it does.