• in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    The word “seems” there is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

    The asshole pistol whipping that man had a negligent discharge while pistol whipping the victim and then his trigger happy fascist buddy heard the shot and dumped 7 rounds into the prone and defenseless human that was just murdered.

    This is why “training” won’t improve anything. Violence is their only recourse.

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      19 hours ago

      I agree, but FYI I wasn’t trying to contort talking points by saying ‘seems’. I just hadn’t had time to watch the video with 100% attention to say that was happening for sure. Obviously the person, after is taking anothet look.

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        19 hours ago

        Oh, I am attacking the notion of plausible deniability that bad faith actors can use to twist the meaning of “seems” or “alleged” is all. You are 100% correct in using the word seems from an initial impression or viewing. I’m just trying to prepend the “they feared for their lives” argument that will inevitably come from the far right.