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girlfreddy ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

“It is extremely hard to imagine how a woman who calls the police out of fear of an intruder ends up shot in the head by police at her own home,”

credo ,

Why in our news cycle do we need to rage before there is any significant information about a story, then wait for the information, then either rage some more… or possibly never hear anything again. I absolutely get it. You call the cops, you get shot, that is highly unexpected- to say the least. Maybe.

Perhaps the officer had her dead-to-rights and decided to pull the trigger. Perhaps she jumped out from behind a corner saying, “OH THANK GO…!”. Perhaps she thought the cop was the intruder and came after him with a bat, etc., etc., etc. The point is WE DON’T KNOW anything from this article.

Yet, we are all supposed to sit in the edge of our seats waiting for such information. I HATE it.

This article has no information other than,“Something really unexpected happened, more at 11!”

So, why aren’t we allowed to wait until there is actual information before we pick up news? Or before we post it to lemmy to upvote, invent narratives, and rage away while we wait for important details?

Promethiel ,
@Promethiel@lemmy.world avatar

So, why aren’t we allowed to wait until there is actual information before we pick up news?

Simple. Whence does the information come from, what benefits would said groups have from a non-timely release of information (hint: it’s the same groups caught losing footage and running out procedural clocks on FOIA requests), and how did you solve the age old question of “who watches the watchers” that you can even begin to entertain these notions?

Came at him with a bat? What slapstick comedy do you think was this scared citizens last fractions of a second before being gunned down? How many minorities shot first and asked about never does it take for you to make a pattern?

A sworn officer was called and shot the caller dead. Frankly, fuck off. That is enough to rage away with.

girlfreddy ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

We need to rage because far too often it’s the cops murdering people who called for help … no maybe about it.

sxan ,
@sxan@midwest.social avatar

Well, because you’re going to hear about it one way or another, and the people making these decisions (about releasing information) have no right answer. Somehow, the information will get out; if the pigs say nothing, they’ll be accused of covering it up. So they try to get in front of the news and control what they can.

I don’t know why we’re this way, why the news organizations compete to be first to report on something, even with almost no information.

However: unless it turns out that the cops showed up and she started blasting at them, there’s no justification for you to be murdered just because you called for help. Whether or not you jump-scared a cop; whether or not you have dementia and a kitchen knife, or a baseball bat. Heck even if she had a gun. Pigs have training, backup, bullet-proof vests; these victims have fear, adrenalin, often mental health issues, and an expectation that the people they call for help aren’t going to show up and murder them.

ironhydroxide ,

Cops don’t need justification, they have qualified immunity. (The only thing they are really qualified for, now that I think about it)

Buffalox , (edited )

Maybe cops shouldn’t just shoot people at first sight, just because they think it’s a suspect.
Use of deadly force should require caution.

sunzu ,

Look at this guy "trusting the process"

He must be living on a different time line then the rest of us where pigs are the good guys lol

bolexforsoup ,

State police said body camera video and other information tied to the case is not immediately being released to “protect the integrity of the legal process”

“We need time to plausibly lose this.”

expatriado ,

how you dare to interrupt my midnight meal

sunzu ,

When she had one problem, then she got herself a fatal one.

Society is so accepting of this, nothing will be done. This is just a part of living the American Dream.

solsangraal ,

meanwhile, cops also say “oops pardon the intrusion mr white man assassin, please carry on” and climb back down the ladder

rustyfish ,
@rustyfish@lemmy.world avatar

Is this a Hip Hop Hood reference?

Edit: It just occurred to me that we are living in a stupid 90s comedy.

unexposedhazard ,

This a “first trump assassination attempt of 2024” reference

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

Just in case anyone else is wondering: allegedly a police officer confronted the shooter before the shots and when the shooter pointed the gun at him he retreated down the ladder instead of firing at the shooter.

Nobody ,

The only thing that can stop a bad guy (read: minority) with a gun is a good guy (read: straight white male) with a gun.

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

Yeah that was a crazy story. With all the police militarization in this country you’d think they would have some training to go along with it.

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