Why we shoot people in the back - Arresting Tales
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If y'all will bear with me, I promise to give you more freaks, nudity, alcohol and drug abuse in the next couple of days, with a minimum of furries. I've also got a contest with major awards coming up in the next week, so stay tuned!
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Let's see, either the suspect kills the police and has access to the weapons and cars of the police, or the police kill the suspect.
You pull a gun on a cop and the cop has identified his or herself, either you put the guy down or you get shot. If anyone has any reservations about the suspect's rights at this juncture, they should consider that if someone is willing to shoot a police officer, they sure aren't going to make an exception for a civilian.
"I promise to give you more freaks, nudity, alcohol and drug abuse in the next couple of days,"
You're going to talk about the 4th of July party?
JDC
JDC, ix-nay on the arty-pay.
Cormac and JDC, if you read that Arresting Tales post, click on the link and read about the "Hollywood Factor". I think you'll both appreciate it, and there's some good stuff in there for crime writers.
It depends. The article states that Rakeem Nance, suffered a gunshot wound to the back and his death was ruled a homicide by the the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
The article is citing what the Medical Examiner's Office said, although the sentence implies that it was a homicide because the wound was in the back. There is no other information to clarify this point.
Did the Medical Examiner's Office say that it was ruled a homicide based on this one point? If not, the sentence is misleading.
The article does state (much later) that the shooting was "appear[ed] right now that the shooting was in department guidelines."
It all depends on whether the Medical Examiner's Office said that it was ruled a homicide because the wound was in the back. Otherwise the sentence is misleading and unclear, and thus poor reporting.
When you write a news story, you want to put all of the most pertinent and exciting bits at the beginning. Sometimes very important details are left for later in article because of this, leading to problems about fairness and clarity.
I'm holding you to that "minimum of furries" thing, Bubs. Seriously.
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