labbbb@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?labbbb@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down11·6 months agoTo have a court excuse in case they shoot again. “Didn’t comply. Hid hands. I felt threatened.”
minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·6 months agoLike the guys who literally get away with murder on film need an excuse.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·6 months agoIt helps the murdering cop if it is one of the extremely few shootings that makes it to a jury.
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·6 months agoThey don’t but it makes their fragile egos feel better if they have one lined up
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.
It helps the murdering cop if it is one of the extremely few shootings that makes it to a jury.
They don’t but it makes their fragile egos feel better if they have one lined up