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   TLHolley2 (tlholley2@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 22:18:30 JST TLHolley2

   11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by responding police officer after calling 911 is released from the hospital
   Why was this child shot?

   https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/us/mississippi-police-shooting-11-year-old-boy/index.html?iid=fw_var-reg-hp-6

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 22:27:15 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Carey Lening :blobcatverified:

     @privacat @tlholley2
     Though the answer is obvious, we need to keep asking this question, every time.

     (And fwiw, living in Minneapolis, I don’t think “Mississippi” is a determining variable. Our police are violent and racist too, as you may have heard.)

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     Carey Lening :blobcatverified: (privacat@dataprotection.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 22:27:16 JST Carey Lening :blobcatverified:

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @tlholley2
     I mean, he's a black boy in Mississippi. There's not much of a question there, when you look at how cops generally have a 'shoot first, ask questions later' approach to dealing with POC.
     @inthehands