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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the article linked in the article what a legend

[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The days where I strip down and water plants are numbered. I guess I should just give up and murder people now.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe it was too cold for anyone to be swimming and the plants were all cacti.

[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why would a woman exit her house and threaten multiple uniformed police with a gun unprovoked? I don't believe them.

[–] jonne 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I bet there's going to be a huge difference between the official story and the bodycam footage, if that ever gets released.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There needs to be a "no bodycam, then the cops are by default in the wrong" law.

[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah and we'll get the cops to police it!

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Either she's a little nuts, or more likely the police are lying.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Life is different for white women, and some aren't aware of their privilege. Some women will bully and intimidate everyone, because they've learned it works fairly often and there's rarely any negative consequences to themselves.

Also, the lived experience of most white women around police is vastly different than what police are to pretty much every other group. This also leads some to believe that the default behavior of most cops is something other than massive asshole.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

White woman with a gun pointed at police:

Shot once then arrested

Autistic kid with a knife:

Shot 9 times, life threatening injuries and leg amputated.

Apparently cops DO have the ability to control their trigger finger when they want to...

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Black kid with no knife and no gun: shot dead on sight.

[–] Whats_a_lemmy@ponder.cat 5 points 2 months ago

Skittles, cell phone, subway sandwich, etc.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago

They charged her because they knew they fucked up.

[–] elfpie@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Police on high alert, woman appears with a gun and is not shot dead on sight. She actually goes back inside to get someone else without being shot again for moving. Not impossible, even credible if what she was carrying was not a gun.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Perhaps it was a garden hose your grace