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Family Seeks Answers, Justice After Mississippi Cop Kills Toddler Kohen Wiley in Walmart Lot | Common Dreams (lemmy.ml)
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"A 1-year-old child is dead because police officers in Mississippi opened fire on a car in a crowded Walmart parking lot," said attorney Ben Crump.

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah, and the sarcasm points to skepticism over the mother's story. Last I checked, sarcastically saying "allegedly" implies that you think it unnecessary, but you're checking your ass over liability. Meaning that you think that that is what happened.

And sarcastically emphasizing "answers" implies that the mother has some secret game besides holding those responsible for the murder of child accountable.

Like, am I fucking crazy for seeing this as filled with malice and hate for the victim?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I guess I can read it that way. "Allegedly" implies "cops are lying" to me, but then "answers" implies "woman is lying"

So actually I have no fucking clue what this person is trying to say.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 month ago

I do it to. Poe's Law and/or ASD are real.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

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[–] gianni@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

No, I got you.

[–] cone_zombie@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You're almost reading my comment correctly, only being a bit too emotional. There was no story provided in the post, and no link to an article, so I had to google it. The post was intentionally hiding the details I think, and I just provided some context also using quotes to express some of my thoughts, which made you mad. I don't condone the police. I think the American police are very dangerous, especially if you confront them and they are almost always not held accountable for their actions. I also think these details provide some context why this happened the way it did. Running away from cops with your child in the car is completely reckless in my opinion. If she didn't steal anything and had a receipt, even more so.

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

Running away from cops...is completely reckless in my opinion.

You're blaming the mother.
She's so desperate she had to steal childcare products. Things are going through her head like "the police will use lethal force", and "who will look after my baby". Of course she fled. She fled because she's a human being in an incredibly emotional state trying to care for her children.
Completely understandable that she tried to escape. That's why police get cars, to chase people who do. It happens a lot.
The cop, on the other hand, was at work and in charge of the situation, but murdered an infant.

By saying "this is the way things are, whether it's fair or not, we all know the police might kill your kid", you're asking us to first accept that. And we absolutely should not.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

The post very much provides a link, I even sent a screenshot. I think it's safe to say most people, including myself, make way too many assumptions.

At any rate, I've reported the issue twice more:

https://kbin.earth/m/kbinEarth/t/2845671

https://kbin.earth/m/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml/t/2845845

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Okay. Thanks for clarifying.

Not breaking the law does not protect you here in the US. She was black, she had reason to fear for her life, and as we hopefully all learned from Renee Good, cops literally never have jurisdiction to fire upon a driver in a vehicle. So this was cold blooded murder, no matter how you fucking slice it.