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sarisataka

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2. Something I had noticed that is unique
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 01:16 AM
Aug 2018

To this case is that the focus is entirely on what the victim did wrong. The police are essentially being given a pass on shooting an innocent homeowner (were you taught in class to identify your target before firing). We have seen police shoot armed felons face greater scrutiny than they are receiving in threads here.

Between the victim blaming in the threads you refer to and the obligatory gun humper label that has been applied (apparently a person who uses a firearm to end an attack on a child qualifies as a gun humper) one could infer that some people believe the victim simply 'got what he deserved'. Unlike other cases where police have shot someone by mistake, this one is no big deal.

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