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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 92 points 4 days ago (3 children)

For those who can't figure it out from the photo and refuse to go to a Meta owned platform:

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/bowie-police-officer-indicted-after-firing-shots-unarmed-man

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 40 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Apparently the man’s hat blew into the roadway and the officer shot when said man ran to grab it.

So why is OP saying the man was executed and meanwhile the article is stating that not a single person was hit by the bullet?

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 days ago

Well there was intent to execute, but yeah, I'm with ya.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

The important thing is that he missed!

/s

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Surely that article was written by AI. It's chock full of syntax errors. Might just be "Fox quality" though.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah I admit I went with the first one that provided me enough info to have any idea what had actually happened.

[–] alphanerd4@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, ais “learning” is modeled off of how people think, and there’s a lot of overlap between what looks like ai and what is actually a tired and stressed person trying to both do the right thing and finish anything ., at 5 am. The morning before the election.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

ais “learning” is modeled off of how people think

No, it is modeled off of how they communicate. It does not understand how people think.

The rest of your point is accurate.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 65 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hey look, it is the natural outcome of training police to assume everyone is armed armed and out to get them.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 36 points 4 days ago

Exactly. Guy was so jumpy he mistook a man running after his hat for an armed shooter. That's baked-in paranoia if I've ever seen it.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Cops are can tell if you're intoxcitated without tests."

Mother fuckers can't even tell if a person is a threat to their life despite showing no hostile intention, weapon or anything but cooperation.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

Sure they can. Anyone without an assigned police badge is a threat. That's all they need to know.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

Lmao

"He fell to the ground but was not hit by the bullet. The shot hits a passing vehicle but doesn't injure anyone."

He even missed point blank

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] billbasher@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

‘suspended without pay’ Holy crap this should mean he can’t ever have a gun or be a cop again