The passive voice is actually common in police reports throughout the United States. This is not new. (The passive voice is also a bad habit of journalists who report on officer-involved violence.)
The difference now is that the state agents are loyal to the regime rather than the state. There’s not even a pretense of enforcing the law.
“An officer discharged his weapon”…“The driver of the vehicle was struck”
Quite intentionally using passive voice in that second statement as if the officer didn’t intend to shoot the victim. This is murder.
The passive voice is actually common in police reports throughout the United States. This is not new. (The passive voice is also a bad habit of journalists who report on officer-involved violence.)
The difference now is that the state agents are loyal to the regime rather than the state. There’s not even a pretense of enforcing the law.