• Almacca@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one. An officer then discharged their weapon and the vehicle fled the scene.

    What an utter moron.

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      8 days ago

      It is basically the standard of US police training that when faced with any sort of resistance that could possibly conceivably cause harm to an officer, the first, second, and third options are to draw pistols and fire as many rounds as quickly as possible center mass with intent to kill.

      Just watched a different police shooting involving a kidnapper and his victim in the back seat of a car. When the car was finally stopped, the kidnapper fired his pistol at cops and the cops responded by shooting the car roughly 150 times. The kidnapper lived, the victim died. Official reports and autopsies insist that the kidnapper executed her and she was not struck by police gunfire, which is obviously very convenient for the department’s PR and legal teams.

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        That’s insane. I reckon if you can’t be a good cop without a gun, you shouldn’t be a cop with one.

  • Kaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Cellphone video footage obtained by Fox 13 Memphis shows a vehicle driving away from officers, but does not appear to capture the moment of the shooting. A photo of the car shows bullet holes in the windshield.

    Of course Fox doesn’t show the moment of the shooting. They want to make the cops seem like good guys and the car is the big bad criminal getting away. Same shit with Renee Good.

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    Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one.

    Bullshit.