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London Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murder (www.vice.com)
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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

weirder than "shot dead unarmed man"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! I didn't realise "shot dead" wasn't a phrase in US dialect until today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, definitely. I think this is more of a UK vs US thing. I'm from the UK so it sounds much more normal for a headline