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[–] meatwads_tooth@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

From what I've gathered;

The man in the 2nd picture is Rodney Hinton Jr. He intentionally targeted and ran his car over a Cincinnati police deputy. Said deputy shot and killed the man's 16 year old son the day prior. The son, Ryan Hinton, was allegedly breaking into a car, and when the deputy arrived, Ryan attempted to put his hands up and run away. The deputy didnt scream or chase or try to taze Ryan. The deputy instantly fired on, shot, and killed Ryan Hinton.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 123 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Said deputy shot and killed the man's 16 year old son days prior.

Bit of a correction. He was brought to the police station to be shown the body cam footage of his son being shot by police and on his way home he purposefully ran over a cop that was directing traffic. It wasn't the same cop who shot his son.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 94 points 1 week ago (10 children)

So he killed someone who had nothing to do with his son's death in retaliation?

Yeah, I don't see how those two are equivalent. I appreciate the clarification though.

It is along the thinking of "kill one of my family members, I take one of yours in response". You're stretching the definition of 'nothing to do with' in a world where ACAB is the current prevailing sentiment.

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