cindy-officer-down

  • sovietknuckles [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing,

    He’s convicted of second-degree murder and they still can’t bring themselves to say that an officer killed someone

  • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pressed a knee on his neck for 9½ minutes on the street outside a convenience store where Floyd was suspected of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill.

    the fuck is this phrasing

    • Justice@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      The dick-riding fascists do to the end and beyond for cops is amazing.

      “Floyd was murdered by Chauvin…” use that terminology. He’s been fucking convicted. There’s no liable suit potential here. You don’t have to allege it or pretend that Floyd just suddenly became no longer alive. A court of law found Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. Honestly an amazing feat in our shit hole racist country and they still use the ambiguous wording that “he died.”

      I fucking hate “journalists.”

      If I see any comments about style guides that demand passive voice or blaming editors (who also suck) I will shake my head in disappointment. I’m preparing to shake!

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    lol

    But seriously, prisons are unsafe places where vigilante “justice” is openly accepted and this is a bad thing.

    spoiler

    but also lol