Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police.

This is murder.

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    Why are we shooting shoplifters? What kind of immanent threat did she present?

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        You joke, but this number is probably still too high. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if shareholders technically lost money due to the interruption of potential customers by all the commotion.

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        With a car at a near stand still there was no risk to their life. They murdered her for shoplifting food.

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        No police officer was actually struck by the car, if you read the article. The car only moved when she died, because her foot was on the brake.

        Imagine if they just got her license plate and showed up at her house and arrested her later for the misdemeanor of fleeing the scene. Everyone lives.

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        No it isn’t. The distance she could travel was not sufficient to achieve the force needed to make a lethal incident possible. Unless the cop decided to place their head in front of the wheel there is no way for the car to kill them.

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        A car at rest vs unhinged cops with loaded guns who have no issue killing… Hmmm 🤔

        Maybe next time I go hunting instead of bringing a gun, I’ll just bring a car.

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          To be fair, it’s often said, if you want to get away with murder, do it with a car… Sprinkle some bicycle next to the body for good measure.