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pterofactyl t1_j1i7mr4 wrote

Reply to comment by lord_pizzabird in Rapper Tory Lanez Guilty in Shooting of Megan Thee Stallion by kamekukushi

Why was it idiotic? It’s true, she knows that if you report a black person has a gun and shot a person, that situation is likely to go downhill very fast. Diminishing her reasoning like that is ignorant of the weight that calling the police has

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lord_pizzabird t1_j1id99s wrote

The problem was that in this situation the person had a gun and shot someone already. Regardless of his race the situation was already downhill.

Imagine if he went on to shoot someone else in an erratic fit and she didn't call the police.

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pterofactyl t1_j1iekmv wrote

Yes, but do you understand how the possibility of this man being shot unlawfully would cause hesitation? Open your eyes and understand that for many people it’s not as simple as “see crime, call to get man arrested”. She had to fully consider if she wanted this guy to be shot for this

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lord_pizzabird t1_j1id0yb wrote

The situation already went downhill. You had a man with a gun, shooting at a woman while yelling "dance".

If the police weren't so afraid to react to people like this, then maybe he wouldn't have felt so emboldened to do what he did.

He literally 'knew' he would get away with it. That's actual privilege. And if it weren't for prosecutors (who weren't afraid of him) he would have gotten away with it.

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pterofactyl t1_j1ieqif wrote

What? I’m simply explaining where the hesitation is coming from. If you can’t understand that it Carries more moral weight than the decision on paper then you’re wilfully ignorant.

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