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Feisty_Law_3321 t1_j8dghz0 wrote

Reply to comment by warb17 in D.C. police officer shoots, wounds man in Southeast Washington by warb17

Sounds like another criminal will soon be off the street. The gunshot victim with the large quantity of illicit drugs should be held criminally accountable as well.

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warb17 OP t1_j8di0kj wrote

how do you know the drugs were illicit?

how do you know the person committed any crime?

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Feisty_Law_3321 t1_j8di7d2 wrote

You’re right it was probably a bottle of aspirin.

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warb17 OP t1_j8dljj5 wrote

the point is that "drugs" is a convenient excuse for police brutality.

the war on drugs was a racist policy from the start, cops plant drugs on people, and even if they guy was carrying drugs we don't know what they were. and then on top of that regardless of the criminality of the drugs, it's included in the article in a way that's meant to bias the reader against the shooting victim and to partially justify the cop's actions. even though the possession of drugs is not a violent offense and provides no justification for attempted murder.

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Turbo2x t1_j8dx5b6 wrote

It's a classic ex post facto justification. The cop shot a bystander... but it's okay, because he had drugs on him! Of course, ignoring the fact that police lie literally all the time you can't just shoot someone and hope it works out later. That's not how the law works.

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damnatio_memoriae t1_j8dy6s9 wrote

it could very well be weed. and even if it's not, possessing drugs is hardly a legitimate reason to shoot someone or lock someone up. we learned that decades ago.

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