• cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah. And this website looks very right wing so they don’t include that perspective.

    What was the point of shooting him when he was running away on foot?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Newsnation is doing that thing where they try to be “unbiased” but still hired Chris Cuomo.

      They’re doing that Semafor thing where they walk the line the first few years, but still selectively report/omit things so they don’t get dinged on things like MBFC.

      They used to be WGN, and own a shit ton of local stations in the rust belt as well, so I’m predicting they pull some Sinclair shenanigans eventually too.

      It’s not the biggest problem in America right now, but I’ve been keeping an eye on them with how often they’re being posted now.

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          22 hours ago

          And if you look at MBFC they lean left.

          Because they’re going right up to the line but not crossing it. It’s meant to be a source that can’t be immediately dismissed

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      Because Tennessee v Garner allows for this to happen. If the police believe that the fleeing suspect poses immediate harm to them or others then they’re allowed to use lethal force. He drive a car through a shopping mall and injured people. Cars are 4,000+ pound missiles.

      I also want to point out that legal justification does not always make right. But at least understand the situation.

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        24 hours ago

        But he was out of the car already. Did they think he was concealed carrying another car on him or what?

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          22 hours ago

          I’m not familiar with the situation, however many of these car attacks are followed by knife attacks once the vehicle is disabled. They get out and run around stabbing people. Not trying to justify actions or anything, as I don’t know the full situation, however that has potential to be a reason for the police actions.

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            21 hours ago

            Tough one.

            You’re absolutely correct in as much that most European terrorist attacks start with a blunt force mass-casualty attack, and move on to a low-sophistication phase such as knives or swords, with some sort of improvised improvised explosive endgame.

            In North America though, it’s not really an attack pattern that is commonplace - likely due to the high availability of conventional firearms making it easier to start and continue a massive casualty attack.

            I suppose the line is drawn wherever it would become reasonable to assume that the driver was going to present a lethal threat to others in the vicinity after leaving the vehicle. I’m not familiar with this case in particular, but it’s going to be a tough one to justify if there’s no ongoing threat to the people in the area being presented.

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      1 day ago

      because cops are incapable of de-escalation in the united states. they are trained to be cowards. its literally in the book to aim for the head and body and unload the clip.