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Breonna Taylor was killed by mistake because her boyfriend started shooting in the darkness against the trigger-happy cops who had broken into the flat, probabl
by Udik 6y ago
Breonna Taylor was killed by mistake because her boyfriend started shooting in the darkness against the trigger-happy cops who had broken into the flat, probably unannounced.
The horribly botched affair is, more than an intended killing (which is the definition of murder) the product of a cultural stupidity that affected both the actions of the police and those of Breonna's boyfriend.
- olliej 6y agoHer boyfriend started shooting at people who broke into their apartment late at night. This is literally the exact scenario pro-gun people argue you need a gun for.
- Udik 6y ago> This is literally the exact scenario pro-gun people argue you need a gun for. Yes, and they're wrong. That's exactly the stupidity I was talking about. This "shoot first, ask questions later", and more deeply, the fact that everyone acts as if they're in a stupid police tv series, is an attitude shared by both sides.
- olliej 6y agooh I agree with you entirely, but the fact that pro-2nd-amendment nutters (the idea that there isn't an established militia in the US is clearly absurd) are pro-police in cases like this is what makes me particularly mad, and why I brought it up.
- Udik 6y agoNow that I think about it, "what you see in movies is a silly exaggeration" vs "that's a perfectly plausible depiction of reality" could be one of the deep cultural differences between Europe and the US. Maybe because the fact that most action movies are made in the US creates in Europeans a healthy sense of detachment. As if the foreign setting provided a way to firmly place the narration in the realm of fiction.