An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

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        5 个月前

        I mean shooting randomly is always dangerous to someone. People get hit by stray bullets literally every day in america.

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        Dumb luck happens, plus could hit an innocent bystander. It’s honestly a shit situation all around.

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        This isn’t entirely accurate.

        First, just because they’re only slightly less accurate than most cops… doesn’t mean they’re not able to get lucky.

        Secondly, I’m reminded of an incident I saw security recordings of, from a guy running across a light rail platform (warehouse district in Minneapolis,) dude was spraying behind him. While running.

        Missed all of the people he was aiming at, killed 4 people all the same.

        ACAB, so I’m not saying the cops didn’t fuck up. (Or even plant the damn pellet gun…) but yeah. There’s a reason that’s the narrative.