• BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    terrible title

    the police didn’t just handcuff the victim, they ignored his pleas for help and refused to believe him when he said he’d been stabbed and couldn’t breathe

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      4 days ago

      Seems like the officers involved should be charged as accomplices. Since his death was a result of not just their choice to do nothing, but to actively restrain him so he could not even help himself.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    The case has been increasingly politicized online, with the right-wing populist lawmaker Nigel Farage claiming the police’s initial response was evidence of “anti-white prejudice.” He encouraged his social media followers on Tuesday to “respond with pure cold rage.” Elon Musk has posted multiple times in recent weeks about the case.