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Gonna see if I can find the article that had a quote from the cops (I think) which made it sound like it was they probably hit the kid. It was something along the lines of "we exchanged fire with the lady and unfortunately a 5 year old was hit."
Edit:It was linked in last week's news mega, but I can't find the quote in it. Not sure if the article was updated as I see no mentions of an update. Still you have this:
Totally not an incriminating way of putting it
Oh here it is. From the article posted on this post. Using the typical passive voice associated with police shootings:
If they knew for sure that it was the woman they would have said so from the jump.
it became necessary to shoot the child to save the child
It has to be said: if she brought a small child with her when she decided to go guns blazing then she put the child directly in harm's way.
If the cops didn't know for dead-ass certain that the woman would be charged for anybody they accidentally shot, they might take a little more care with their panic shooting than they currently do.
Agreed.
Oh absolutely, it must be blatantly clear they shot the kid if they slip into passive "the child encountered a bullet while mid flight after an officer-involved unholstered firearm event" style of speech
They've cranked the weaselly passive voice up to 11 for this one. Look at this shit:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/02/12/7-year-old-fighting-for-life-man-released-from-hospital-following-houston-lakewood-church-shooting/