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The media is complicit in making police appear to be passive bystanders when whey kill people. The most egregious example is "OIS". Instead of "A police off
by khazhoux 4y ago
The media is complicit in making police appear to be passive bystanders when whey kill people. The most egregious example is "OIS". Instead of "A police officer shot and killed a 22-year-old man on Friday," news articles will say:
* "22-year-old man dead after an officer-involved shooting on Friday."
* Or even more mangled: "An officer-involved shooting involving a 22-year-old man occurred on Friday."
- b112 4y agoMy immediate thought is, did the shot person have a gun? Were they shooting? In such a scenario, the language makes sense. (If not, then you should specific so...)