Ste41th@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoChris Kaba's family vow they 'won't be silenced' after Met officer who shot him cleared of murdernews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down12
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkChris Kaba's family vow they 'won't be silenced' after Met officer who shot him cleared of murdernews.sky.comSte41th@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·1 month agoEven calling it logic is pushing it. “Pretense”, “excuse”, or “bloodlust-induced delusion” would be more accurate. By that “logic”, they’d be justified in murdering every single motorist for at some point swerving unexpectedly.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoYou know that people are killed by cars, like, all the time right?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoPeople are killed by their bodies much more often, want people to be murdered on the street for operating THOSE “erratically” too? There’s simply no justification for shooting someone who’s not imminently and acutely endangering the life of someone else. Driving into another car at 15mph does NOT do that.
Even calling it logic is pushing it.
“Pretense”, “excuse”, or “bloodlust-induced delusion” would be more accurate.
By that “logic”, they’d be justified in murdering every single motorist for at some point swerving unexpectedly.
You know that people are killed by cars, like, all the time right?
People are killed by their bodies much more often, want people to be murdered on the street for operating THOSE “erratically” too?
There’s simply no justification for shooting someone who’s not imminently and acutely endangering the life of someone else.
Driving into another car at 15mph does NOT do that.