Man shot dead by officer at funeral while hugging aunt (www.wowktv.com)

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“I went to hug him because he was upset, and next thing I know they just yelled ‘Jason!’ and they ‘pow, pow, pow, pow, pow,'” Odell said. “I about got shot. I felt the compressions of the bullets. It was horrible.”

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[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

nothing particularly unorthodox if you've seen conservative salivating about police shootings before. mostly, it was just trying to justify why the police were correct to roll up and immediately shoot this guy, even though he hasn't been tried or convicted on the crime they were arresting him for.

[-] dreamLogic@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

So I missed out on nothing sounds like

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