For the record, Mark Venuti and Khiel Coppin both claimed to have a gun. Obviously doesn't excuse the misidentification, but gives them at least some benefit of the doubt. Most of the rest are instances of racism. ACAB

[–] TerrorBite@pawb.social 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've just posted a comment where I researched all the incidents here. Mark Venturi appears to be suicide-by-cop, and Khiel seemed to be mentally ill and told police he had a gun while concealing the hairbrush as though it were a gun. The real fucked up part of Khiel's case is that the cops then killed his brother too in apparent retaliation for the backlash from killing Khiel. ACAB.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 10 months ago

Jesus H. Christ, even when you think you can give cops the benefit of the doubt, they make sure to do something mustache-twirlingly evil to remind you ACAB.

Just like in 2020 when people were stepping forward in droves to tell their stories about police brutality, and then the police demonstrated the accuracy of these statements in real time, on video, for months on end.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 10 months ago

‘benefit of the doubt’ is the wrong phrase, but i do appreciate the clarification of the record.