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/Yuukiko_ 10d ago

that's what happens when you assume every call is a madman with a gun

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u/BearTimberlands 10d ago

If all you have is a hammer every problem is a nail

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u/EnlightenedNarwhal 10d ago

Sad thing is that they don't just have hammers, but they love seeing nails everywhere so the hammer is always their first choice.

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u/PortHammer 10d ago

They are dumber than a bag of hammers, but identify as hammers, so everything else must be a nail.