jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoA plastic fork, a phone, a car part: why does the LAPD keep shooting people holding harmless objects?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkA plastic fork, a phone, a car part: why does the LAPD keep shooting people holding harmless objects?www.theguardian.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI thought that first pic was a gun at first glance…but then again, I wasn’t trained in identifying firearms
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYou weren’t trained in de-escalating armed conflicts, either… but then again, neither is the LAPD.
I thought that first pic was a gun at first glance…but then again, I wasn’t trained in identifying firearms
You weren’t trained in de-escalating armed conflicts, either… but then again, neither is the LAPD.