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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 5 points 2 years ago

the utility of analogizing american problems to third world ones is questionable and arguably kind of weird in a lot of cases, but "extrajudicially killing alleged criminals" and worse is a definitely a problem many developing counties have with their police forces. the phillippines under duterte and how they dealt with alleged drug crimes and criminals immediately come to mind here.