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minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down2·4 months agoWhich is not even a sure thing. Black people have been shot for even less than sleep, somehow.
minus-squareBonifratz@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoYup, like the time they broke into a house and shot the girl sleeping on the sofa with her grandma.
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Aiyana_Jones
minus-squareBonifratz@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThanks for the link, I was too lazy to look for it. Note that all charges were dropped in that case. I.e. throwing a flash grenade into an apartment, then breaking in and shooting a 7 y/o sleeping in her grandma’s arms is A-OK in the US.
Which is not even a sure thing. Black people have been shot for even less than sleep, somehow.
Yup, like the time they broke into a house and shot the girl sleeping on the sofa with her grandma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Aiyana_Jones
Thanks for the link, I was too lazy to look for it. Note that all charges were dropped in that case. I.e. throwing a flash grenade into an apartment, then breaking in and shooting a 7 y/o sleeping in her grandma’s arms is A-OK in the US.