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Dallas officer kills man after mistaking his apartment for her own, police say

62 pointsby mwnivekover 6 years ago

9 comments

khazhouover 6 years ago
I see little relevance of this to HN. That said, the opening line stands out:<p>&gt; A Dallas officer fatally shot a 26-year-old man Thursday night<p>This is a departure from the way this is usually written up these days, which would be: &quot;A 25-year-old Dallas man died as a result of an <i>officer-involved shooting</i>.&quot;<p>This manipulation of language infuriates me to no end. The officer was not just &quot;involved&quot; in a shooting -- the officer did the shooting! This choice of words is not an accident. Law Enforcement has somehow convinced the press to use language that removes the direct causality (and therefore, the responsibility &#x2F; culpability) of the shooting.<p>Longer articles on this phenomenon:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;craig-martin&#x2F;time-to-kill-the-term-off_b_7428072.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;craig-martin&#x2F;time-to-kill-the...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dish.andrewsullivan.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;02&#x2F;stop-saying-officer-involved-shootings&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dish.andrewsullivan.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;02&#x2F;stop-saying-office...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.vice.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;some-nypd-officer-involved-shooting-narratives-just-dont-fly" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.vice.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;some-nypd-officer-involved-sho...</a>
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hirundoover 6 years ago
Seems like justice would be a manslaughter conviction plus the loss of her job due to the felony and&#x2F;or a determination that she doesn&#x27;t have the judgement to wield a gun. Along with whatever recompense to the family that a civil judgement can extract from her.
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yockover 6 years ago
&gt; Police officials say she had arrived at the complex after working a full shift and was still in full uniform when she entered the victim&#x27;s apartment, thinking it was her home.<p>&gt; &quot;It was, like, police talk: &#x27;Open up! Open up!&#x27;&quot; 20-year-old Caitlin Simpson said.<p>Something doesn&#x27;t add up here.
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SippinLeanover 6 years ago
Was anyone else unable to scroll through the article?<p>The entire page is wrapped in a div with position:fixed applied to it.<p>Also some funny TODO&#x27;s in the page source:<p><pre><code> TODO: Add real logo for DMN TODO: Add articleBody if analytics guy says do it</code></pre>
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Jyaifover 6 years ago
Headline should really be &quot;Police officer breaks into man&#x27;s home and murder him&quot;.
Rainymoodover 6 years ago
Unable to view this in Europe
moateover 6 years ago
Just, yikes.
ricksanch88over 6 years ago
Take this shit to Reddit pls.
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conorclearyover 6 years ago
Not to be overly picky, but I believe the majority of readers here do not come to HN for this type of submission.