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Man shot dead by officer at funeral while hugging aunt (www.wowktv.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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“I went to hug him because he was upset, and next thing I know they just yelled ‘Jason!’ and they ‘pow, pow, pow, pow, pow,'” Odell said. “I about got shot. I felt the compressions of the bullets. It was horrible.”

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

nothing particularly unorthodox if you've seen conservative salivating about police shootings before. mostly, it was just trying to justify why the police were correct to roll up and immediately shoot this guy, even though he hasn't been tried or convicted on the crime they were arresting him for.

[–] dreamLogic 6 points 2 years ago

So I missed out on nothing sounds like