• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    21 天前

    wtf from the cops

    a homicide detective with the Houston Police Department, told KHOU, noting the boy’s death does not appear to involve self-defense because the shooting “wasn’t close to the house.”

    Implying that if they rang the doorbell and waited (you know, the entire purpose of a doorbell), it could have been considered self-defense? I know, that’s a bit of logical fallacy but wtf

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      21 天前

      Everyone is entitled to their day in court. This is a cop doing a good job of cutting out any possibility of bullshit weaseling by pointing out that the possibility of self defense doesn’t even need to be debated or discussed.

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      21 天前

      It just means they don’t even need to consider if it could have been in self defense because it was ruled out at step 1. Not that if it passed step 1 it would be guaranteed that it was.

      They just want to head off that entire line of defense from the get go.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      21 天前

      could have been

      as the other user said, yes, exactly. depending on other factors it could have been