• PugJesus@kbin.socialM
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    “She didn’t know who it was or what was happening,” Krulewitch said. “She had time to put on this coat and flee to the furthest corner of the apartment, the kitchen, and grabbed the teapot, I guess for self-defense. Thank heavens it wasn’t a knife.”

    Jesus. Imagine having your life saved from the fact that you grabbed the wrong kitchen implement to defend yourself with.

    • MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I think the thing that saved her life was being a white woman. A tea pot in the hands of pretty much anyone else would be a lethal weapon in the eyes of intruding officers. They get extra scared when they kick down doors, so “feared for their life” has a much broad definition in that situation.

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        1 year ago

        That is a fantastic door. One of the YouTube comments said it bolts in six places with the turn of a key.