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JohnJohnston t1_j8djhsh wrote

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

> Presumably if this wrongfully shot man was "reaching" for something, it would've been a pipe.

Apparently it's a well known fact that people can only carry one weapon at a time. TIL.

>It's amazing to me that you can be alive here in 2023 with the tens of thousands of documented cases of police overreacting with lethal force and give them any benefit of the doubt.

Couldn't care less about what amazes you or not. I'm countering your narrative, not saying the police are infallible or that this was guaranteed a justified shooting. You haven't seen the video either.

However, given that the chief of police knows in this day and age the bodycam footage will be released, I doubt he is making up the fact that the person was reaching for things, refused to stop reaching for something, and probably made some movement to his pockets/under the seat after being repeatedly told to stop. There are many such videos of this happening.

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warb17 OP t1_j8dl0hj wrote

lol you're living a delusion.

did you read the initial report that the Memphis police filed after the Tyre Nichols murder? they knew that bodycam footage would likely get out eventually and they lied through their teeth. if they'll lie about that they'll lie about anything. it's called damage control and getting ahead of the narrative.

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