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minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down16·17 hours agoWell clearly. Anywhere else in the world the title would just say that a police officer shot a person during a traffic stop.
minus-squareunexposedhazardlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·17 hours agoNo, the cop would be in prison in many parts of the world.
minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoThose two things are not mutually exclusive. We don’t obsess over race, and we prosecute officers for excessive use of force.
Well clearly. Anywhere else in the world the title would just say that a police officer shot a person during a traffic stop.
No, the cop would be in prison in many parts of the world.
Those two things are not mutually exclusive. We don’t obsess over race, and we prosecute officers for excessive use of force.