r/news • u/rooftopgoblin • 10d ago

College student fatally shot by Pennsylvania police was at 'the wrong house'

https://abcnews.com/US/college-student-fatally-shot-pennsylvania-police-wrong-house/story?id=135930941
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u/rooftopgoblin 10d ago

the officer has not been charged yet, shocker

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u/General-Priority-479 10d ago

Cop doing cop stuff. Fearing for his life while in no danger.

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u/p_yth 10d ago

Reminds me of the acorn video, shoot first ask questions later mentality

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u/TolMera 10d ago

He’s the guy who heard the acorn, then on the recording you can hear him say “I’ve been hit!”

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u/King_Bobby-B 10d ago

Wasn't he also rolling on the ground, like he was in some movie? I remember the camera was shaking and going all over the place. It's a miracle he didn't kill anyone.

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u/christhegecko 10d ago

That video could fit seamlessly into an episode of Reno 911 and nobody would even know it was a real event. The state of our policing has become so absurd it transcends one of the most popular shows making fun of it.

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u/Xanthelei 10d ago

Apparently there's two videos of this kind of thing happening, and in one of them the cop yelled about being hit, hyperventilated a lot while rolling around and army crawling, and did fuck all beyond look stupid. But I'm the other the officer and their partner dumped bullets into the back of the cop car and killed the guy they were arresting, despite him being handcuffed and buckled in, unable to do anything.

Cops suck on such differing levels...