@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?message-square60fedilinkarrow-up1112
arrow-up1112message-squareWhat's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•1 year agoTo have a court excuse in case they shoot again. “Didn’t comply. Hid hands. I felt threatened.”
minus-squareXariphonlinkfedilink8•1 year agoLike the guys who literally get away with murder on film need an excuse.
minus-squareDebatableRaccoonlinkfedilink2•1 year agoThey don’t but it makes their fragile egos feel better if they have one lined up
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilink9•1 year agoIt helps the murdering cop if it is one of the extremely few shootings that makes it to a jury.
To have a court excuse in case they shoot again. “Didn’t comply. Hid hands. I felt threatened.”
Like the guys who literally get away with murder on film need an excuse.
They don’t but it makes their fragile egos feel better if they have one lined up
It helps the murdering cop if it is one of the extremely few shootings that makes it to a jury.