A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was shot dead Sunday in Indiana after resisting arrest, Indiana State Police said.A deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department pulled over Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Indiana, around 4:15 p.m. Sunday, according to Fox 59.The deputy attemp...
  • LandedGentryEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Police are allowed to kill on the job. It’s legal.

      • LandedGentryEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Unless you’re one of those nutters who thinks wikipedia isn’t a valid source at best you’re disagreeing with what is not considered extrajudicial.

        deaths caused by legal police actions such as self defense or legal warfighting on a battlefield are generally not included, even though military and police forces are often used for killings seen by critics as illegitimate.

        • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          The need to preemptively dismiss criticism of your sources kinda speaks to a personal doubt in the validity of said sources, but that article seems fine so I don’t know why you felt the need to do that? You’re all good as far as I can tell! I don’t actually see anything there I’m in disagreement with though. Thank you for being thorough!

          • LandedGentryEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Because in the current social environment people call “Wokepedia” or just otherwise dismiss it as “unreliable” when it says something they don’t like. So yes sometimes you need to head off the bullshit. I apologize for the tone and defensiveness.

            • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              Oh right, duh, sorry. Lemmy is on the whole so nice that I somehow forgot just how far discourse has fallen elsewhere.