▲ 572 ▼ 17-year-old shot and killed by officer conducting welfare check (abcnews.go.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 115 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wow. There are literally zero details in this article and everyone has labeled the cop a murderer. If they stopped randomly murdering innocent people, people would stop assuming it... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daed@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or - we could stop passing the blame and take accountability for making assumptions about our fellow man we should not make. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'd call it pattern recognition. We'll see whether this reinforces it after lots of fighting and delays about whether to release bodycam footage, I would guess. (Or if they release it immediately that will be a good sign that they think their officer did nothing wrong.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daed@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is one thing to be wary of something because you experience it often. It is another to spew masturbatory hate at each mention of police. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I don't know if I'm quite there yet, but I've most certainly flipped from 'they must have had a reason' to 'what is their excuse this time' over the course of about the last ten years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daed@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or - we could stop passing the blame and take accountability for making assumptions about our fellow man we should not make. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'd call it pattern recognition. We'll see whether this reinforces it after lots of fighting and delays about whether to release bodycam footage, I would guess. (Or if they release it immediately that will be a good sign that they think their officer did nothing wrong.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daed@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is one thing to be wary of something because you experience it often. It is another to spew masturbatory hate at each mention of police. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I don't know if I'm quite there yet, but I've most certainly flipped from 'they must have had a reason' to 'what is their excuse this time' over the course of about the last ten years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'd call it pattern recognition. We'll see whether this reinforces it after lots of fighting and delays about whether to release bodycam footage, I would guess. (Or if they release it immediately that will be a good sign that they think their officer did nothing wrong.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daed@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is one thing to be wary of something because you experience it often. It is another to spew masturbatory hate at each mention of police. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I don't know if I'm quite there yet, but I've most certainly flipped from 'they must have had a reason' to 'what is their excuse this time' over the course of about the last ten years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daed@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is one thing to be wary of something because you experience it often. It is another to spew masturbatory hate at each mention of police. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I don't know if I'm quite there yet, but I've most certainly flipped from 'they must have had a reason' to 'what is their excuse this time' over the course of about the last ten years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I don't know if I'm quite there yet, but I've most certainly flipped from 'they must have had a reason' to 'what is their excuse this time' over the course of about the last ten years. permalink fedilink source parent