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Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi Attorney General Says (www.mississippifreepress.org)
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[–] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's no excuse.

Soldiers being sent into literal combat against enemy troops have rules of engagement that don't allow them to fire unless fired upon. Why do police dealing with civilians have less-strict rules of engagement?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    Not to mention other countries also having crime, and criminals with guns. They don't use their weapons against people who are not a danger to anyone.

    The mentality in America is difficult to understand from the outside. It's very evil.

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  • [–] 2 points 19 hours ago*

    It's difficult from the inside too.

    The problem is people here are used to it being "the way things are" so they don't go through the mental exercise of trying to understand it. It's seen as perfectly normal, so it's never questioned.

    In the US the sky is blue, water is wet, and police are assumed to have been justified any time they kill someone.

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