• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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        11 hours ago

        … 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.

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          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.

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            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.

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          11 hours ago

          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.

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            11 hours 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