• LouNeko@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Woah woah woah, slow it down, we don’t know if it was murder yet. For all we know it was self defence.

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      3 hours ago

      Even if he did do it, it looked like a clear cut case of self defense. Brian was coming right for his throat.

      But also, there wasn’t a shooter. If you watch the video, Brian trips and falls on his own gun, shooting himself in the back 3 times

    • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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      7 hours ago

      I’m not sure what your point is. That’s why there’s a trial. A murder trial. To decide if he’s guilty. Nothing in the story claims otherwise. In fact, they go out of their way to point out that he has only been accused, not convicted.

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        15 hours ago

        Exactly. The media—and people as a whole—need to stop automatically assuming he’s the killer. Even those who support him are still acting like he’s the one who did it. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

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          He’s the wrong guy entirely. His build doesn’t look like those earlier NYPD photos showing the dude actually shooting the other dude. Not-Guilty. I think the NYPD picked up the wrong guy on purpose as an, “oops, I guess it’s a cold case now.”