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The officer was previously disciplined 4 times for other driving offenses, but killing someone - well - $35.50 oughta cover it.

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[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

False.

Murder is defined in Indiana as either the intentional killing of another person without justification, or causing the death of someone while committing or attempting to commit a violent felony, regardless of intent to kill (the felony murder rule).

Definitions matter.

I'm not arguing the horrible nature of the event or careless disregard on the account of the perpetrator, but incorrect statements like this are how we've ended up in a situation where people throw around terms like "fascist" and "communist" for anything they don't like, and as a result, many people have no idea what those words actually mean.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn't care less about the legal definition.

This cop had a history of pulling shit like this. He's a murderer, and people being willing to make excuses for it and treating the police as some sort of civic religion is how we got here.

[–] SamboT@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And this is why mob rule isn't the way to run a society lmao.