this post was submitted on 03 May 2025
297 points (96.8% liked)

News

36063 readers
3184 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.


Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.


7. No duplicate posts.


If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.


All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

… so if my son was murdered by police who claimed that he was pointing a gun at them and then I saw footage that proves that u would use my words and tell the whole fucking world.

You’re speculating that maybe they planted a gun.

There is body camera footage that shows the event and notably family members who have watched it have not made that claim.

Only you are making that claim.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't know that they haven't made that claim, just that the media hasnt reported it. Local media tend to be very pro-local police.

Besides, thats not the point. The cop who shot him claims he saw the kid point a gun at him, even though he was on the scene for only seconds before firing. I've seen the bodycam footage, and the kid was running, not aiming. That cop wasn't responding to the kid pointing the gun, he was responding to the other cops hollering that he had a gun, and he just started firing at a running suspect.

Bottom line: the kid stole an insured car, which was recovered. There was no reason to be killing anyone over that.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I got it, you’re outraged and speculating and don’t care about knowing what happened.

You just want to push your narrative and fit the story to that.

You won’t find an ally of the police in me but people who project misinformation just to fit their world view are awful too

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Everyone responds differently. You'd use words probably because you've found that effective in the past or have strongly associated events such as this where words have solved problems.

You are speculating the family would run to the media and your son isn't dead so your reaction is all speculative.

If facts actually meant as much to you as you claimed you wouldn't so readily speculate and be so quick to paper over your lack of knowledge with your personal biases.

You do indicate you like to use words and you're currently using those words to create an unsupported narrative while getting upset with others for doing the same.

I'd suggest you try and find some time to work of self reflection but you probably just tell me to get fucked.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago

I’m not creating any narrative.

People are throwing out the claim that he didn’t have a gun and the cops planted it, I’m saying there’s no proof and the family isn’t saying that either.

I’m not supporting the cops killing this kid at all, I get why the dad did what he did too.

It’s just wild that someone can be like “yo I be he didn’t even have a gun and the cops planted it” and my statement that not even the family who saw the video is saying that is in the wrong.

I don’t really need to self reflect on that, tbh.