• SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    All of them seem to be using the passive voice to. They should say something akin to “Video shows security guard pinning and killing black man.”

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        10 months ago

        Using an active voice is perfectly fine. The standard practice is to use the term alleged if there is a possible crime. Saying “Security guard pins black man and man dies” is absolutely fine.

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        10 months ago

        Hence why it was so incredibly satisfying to get the ruling on George Floyd, and henceforth officially refer to it as “the police murder of George Floyd” - a lot of people will even forcefully correct anyone that tries to refer to it as ‘tragic death’ or ‘accidental death’.

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        10 months ago

        Killing isn’t a legal designation. You can factually say that someone killed a another person without calling what they did murder or manslaughter.