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Solomon

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30. You left a hole i could drive a truck through.

Tue Nov 16, 2021, 02:43 PM

Nov 2021

There has to be an intervening factor exception, otherwise the cops can just kill anyone committing a felony and not suffer any consequences. In this case, the cops had no right to shoot up the car. Nobody was shooting at them much less the people in the car. They are negligent. An intervening factor.

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The Police Fatally Shot a Young Girl. Two Teenagers Are Charged With Murder. [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2021 OP

What a clusterfuck. K&R. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #1

I am glad the two are being charged with murder. That's pretty standard. jimfields33 Nov 2021 #7

I know, and I'm not. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #9

How is her death being accounted for, Jay25 Nov 2021 #22

WTF? No! LymphocyteLover Nov 2021 #26

It's the law. Always has been. Some probably don't like it, but it's standard. jimfields33 Nov 2021 #31

it's more complicated than that and even if it's the law, it doesn't mean the law is being LymphocyteLover Nov 2021 #40

You are dead wrong. Tommymac Nov 2021 #32

I keep reading this thread and most agree with me. jimfields33 Nov 2021 #33

Do you watch Fox news or OAN? Tommymac Nov 2021 #36

You appear not to understand the meaning of the word "most". 11 Bravo Nov 2021 #45

Aren't police even taught to make sure of what they are shooting at? tblue37 Nov 2021 #2

The likelihood of mistakes being made increase when under fire. Kaleva Nov 2021 #37

Bullets pass through cars, unless they hit the engine block or transmission at the right point. TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #3

It's been my personal experience and observation... hunter Nov 2021 #4

If the two jerks weren't firing their guns then the police wouldn't even be there. jimfields33 Nov 2021 #8

In what way are those boys responsible for that girl being killed? Beaverhausen Nov 2021 #10

Read the first three line of the article jimfields33 Nov 2021 #14

They did not kill the girl, period. lonely bird Nov 2021 #17

Agreed. When a group is given special privilege MarcA Nov 2021 #18

Yes, exactly LymphocyteLover Nov 2021 #27

This line: three police officers...who began firing toward a car they mistakenly believed was the... Beaverhausen Nov 2021 #20

Any cop who uses their gun in a reckless manner should be sacked... hunter Nov 2021 #15

+1 MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #16

"they mistakenly believed was the source of the gunshots" WTAF ?!!? This is why even the "good ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #5

So they shot at a car.... NowISeetheLight Nov 2021 #6

Stretching the definition of "felony murder" to the breaking point. malthaussen Nov 2021 #11

This is pretty much the law everywhere ripcord Nov 2021 #12

yup, this is 'Felony Murder' and not that unusual Amishman Nov 2021 #25

You forgot about unless there is an intervening Solomon Nov 2021 #29

+++++ Jay25 Nov 2021 #35

A few years back, two teenage punks tried to rob a Sonic Drive-in here. panader0 Nov 2021 #13

That sounds fucked up to me. TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #19

The article mentions a case in Phoenix that sounds even worse muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #21

Oh,what a beautiful child!!!! DAMN secondwind Nov 2021 #23

While it sometimes results in fucked up situations like this, it's standard localroger Nov 2021 #24

You left a hole i could drive a truck through. Solomon Nov 2021 #30

Well I didn't leave that hole localroger Nov 2021 #42

It doesn't say in the article, but they were also charged with 5 counts of attempted murder OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #28

Wow cops were shooting wildly Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #39

This is a goddamn tragedy. :/ poor sweetheart. RIP, Fanta Bility. n/t Decoy of Fenris Nov 2021 #34

Police continue to lower themselves. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #38

If this law was applied evenly.... TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #41

The legal theory definitely supports that localroger Nov 2021 #43

Just add the charge to anyone that they are charging for other reasons. marie999 Nov 2021 #44