• LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      It should be said that “news” sites like this are a common right-wing grift: sell a story in the headline that that angry reactionaries will click on to get that hit of indignant rage.

      If you think about the stories for five seconds, they fall apart; but clickfarms like the one in the link know that conservatives will spread incendiary headlines like this without even a shred of skepticism.

      Their business model depends on it, and they’re eating very well.

    • KaboomOP
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      1 month ago

      Pretty much all the time. It might be a slap on the wrist or something when they kill someone, but giving the ahead to kill people isnt common.

      • jet@hackertalks.com
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        The key word is when necessary.

        Police are always, always, just like any citizen, authorized to use deadly force… When necessary.

        When it becomes necessary, it falls into the realm of self-defense.