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Just police shootings would be fine. I don’t understand the point about presuming innocence. These are cases where it has been determined that a police officer
by namdnay 6y ago
Just police shootings would be fine.
I don’t understand the point about presuming innocence. These are cases where it has been determined that a police officer has shot someone. Not cases where somebody was shot whilst police were nearby and we don’t know who did it, which would be “police involved shootings”.
- exclusiv 6y agoYeah police shootings doesn't say anything about guilt. Seems ok from that angle. Although I don't read clearly that the police were the ones that pulled the trigger. And "police involved shootings" doesn't say anything other than there was a shooting and an officer was involved. So the media does dance around the details. Maybe it's cop-speak, maybe it's liability protection, maybe it's to get the readers to be curious on the details or a combination of all. I don't know. "Officer was shot" or "officer-initiated shooting" is more clear.