I see little relevance of this to HN. That said, the opening line stands out: > A Dallas officer fatally shot a 26-year-old man Thursday night This is a depa

I see little relevance of this to HN. That said, the opening line stands out: > A Dallas officer fatally shot a 26-year-old man Thursday night This is a departure from the way this is usually written up these days, which would be: "A 25-year-old Dallas man died as a result of an officer-involved shooting." This manipulation of language infuriates me to no end. The officer was not just "involved" 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 / culpability) of the shooting. Longer articles on this phenomenon: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-martin/time-to-kill-the-term-off_b_7428072.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-martin/time-to-kill-the... http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/09/02/stop-saying-officer-involved-shootings/ http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/09/02/stop-saying-office... https://news.vice.com/article/some-nypd-officer-involved-shooting-narratives-just-dont-fly https://news.vice.com/article/some-nypd-officer-involved-sho...