• decapitae@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Yet another instance of people with guns and a badge BEING the threat by not knowing how they are the problem.
    First entering a private citizens home without a warrant.
    Second, using deadly force where none was warranted. ACAB They harrassed a person into a corner and killed them for no other reason than they thought they had the ‘authority’ to do so. Unacceptable under the united states constitution. Traitor and insurrectionist charges should be applied alongside everything else. An example must be made or no change will be affected.

    May another victim of police brutality and violence rest in peace. May the victims family see justice done upon the perpetrating criminals.

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      11 minutes ago

      Exactly. Is this the ‘good guy with a gun’ that Conservatives want in our schools? I wish I could say that this story is unbelievable, despite the shock I felt reading it.

      You said it: ACAB. Fuck them all.

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    4 hours ago

    Police officer follows child home, escalates situation, family asks police to leave, they instead forcibly enter the home and shoot the child.

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    4 hours ago

    This is sad.

    It’s not easy being a 17-year old male in our society, and this person clearly did not get the help or guidance that he needed.

    May he rest in peace.

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    Pigs gonna be bastards apparently. Jesus fucking christ. At this point if I have a problem I’ll talk it over with a person myself if i can. Less likely to be killed doing so.

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      3 hours ago

      Why are you shoehorning Trump into the discussion of an article that has absolutely nothing to do with him?

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              2 hours ago

              While he definitely promotes an atmosphere of policing with impunity and violence, he doesn’t have any authority over state police. The Governor of Tennessee directs the executive branch of Tennessee state government. /info

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              I’m as anti-Trump as anyone, but the suggestion that a president has any direct control in the hiring or supervision of local police is a bit absurd. Besides which, the shooting happened in 2024, so not while Trump was President. This is much more attributable to the broad, decades-long failings in police training and culture in the US than to the actions of any presidential administration.