An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

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    4 months ago

    This isn’t entirely accurate.

    First, just because they’re only slightly less accurate than most cops… doesn’t mean they’re not able to get lucky.

    Secondly, I’m reminded of an incident I saw security recordings of, from a guy running across a light rail platform (warehouse district in Minneapolis,) dude was spraying behind him. While running.

    Missed all of the people he was aiming at, killed 4 people all the same.

    ACAB, so I’m not saying the cops didn’t fuck up. (Or even plant the damn pellet gun…) but yeah. There’s a reason that’s the narrative.