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Posted5 months agoActive5 months ago
Ask HN: Should the police be banned from saying whether a shooting is targeted?
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Ask HN: Should the police be banned from saying whether a shooting is targeted?
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If the police say that the shooting victim was targeted by her ex - who is now in custody, or killed himself as the officers closed in on him - then who exactly is being coerced with death threats?
Everyone is being coerced by death threats. You don't need to be threatened by the same person who killed the victim for it to be a death threat.
5 months ago
From a logical point of view, I'd say you're moving toward a tautology. Even if you were the only human in existence, you'd still be under such coercion - since if you did not bother to eat or drink, you would die of starvation or thirst.
From a practical point of view, your focus on death threats seems a bit concerning. You might want to speak with a trusted elder or mental health professional about that. (If you've tried doing that, and gotten poor results - yeah, the quality of such people varies. But there are some very good ones.)
5 months ago
Always against banning and infringement of the 1st Amendment. If they choose to use "targeted" in their verbiage, they must accept the consequences of perception.
5 months ago
Giving a police officer a service weapon is tantamount to using death threats to coerce the public into not harassing, bullying, or cheating others.