▲ 1036 ▼ Shooting an unarmed woman who was just trying to walk home: just LAPD things (files.catbox.moe) submitted 1 year ago* by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments It was a "rubber" bullet, but still. Source
[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago* (1 child) In America, you can be charged with murder if the piggly wiggly arresting you works too hard and has a heart attack. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charges-dropped-guatemalan-farmworker-death-sheriffs-officer-arrest-rcna141681 So shooting anything at a cop is most likely summary execution at the scene. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) You don't even have to shoot anything. You don't even have to be holding something capable of shooting something. The cop just has to say that from their perspective it kind of looked like you might have been holding something that could have been capable of shooting something and they'd likely be able to justify murdering you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) If anyone ever doubts this, go watch some police body worn camera videos. They routinely shoot people for things like this and get away with it. Then on videos where someone ambushes the police, the right wing lunatics watching will always say “See? This is why they are so jumpy!” as if it’s totally justified. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago "The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) You don't even have to shoot anything. You don't even have to be holding something capable of shooting something. The cop just has to say that from their perspective it kind of looked like you might have been holding something that could have been capable of shooting something and they'd likely be able to justify murdering you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) If anyone ever doubts this, go watch some police body worn camera videos. They routinely shoot people for things like this and get away with it. Then on videos where someone ambushes the police, the right wing lunatics watching will always say “See? This is why they are so jumpy!” as if it’s totally justified. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago "The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) If anyone ever doubts this, go watch some police body worn camera videos. They routinely shoot people for things like this and get away with it. Then on videos where someone ambushes the police, the right wing lunatics watching will always say “See? This is why they are so jumpy!” as if it’s totally justified. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago "The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago "The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy." permalink fedilink source parent