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Man talks about witnessing Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager (apnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by shalafi@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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"A teenager described by his family as autistic remains in critical condition after being shot in his backyard by Idaho police last weekend. Video taken by a witness showed Pocatello police shooting the boy as he approached them with a knife from the other side of a chain-link fence."

Watch the video, went down exactly as described, except far worse.

This is what you're risking when you call the police. Here's my latest tale, probably be dead if I wasn't a middle-aged white guy:

https://old.lemmy.world/comment/16390613

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Cops always make the situation worse. Acab!