A 10-year-old boy was shot dead in front of his Omaha, Nebraska, home on Thursday night—allegedly by his own father.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    85
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    “But we have to determine if he [Will McDonald] was justified in doing what he did"

    Really. Are we relieving shooters of the burden of making sure of what they’re shooting at or do we just give people a pass?

    • SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      “But we have to determine if he [Will McDonald] was justified in doing what he did"

      The kid was coming right at him! /s

      How could he be justified in doing what he did (which is shooting his child), he’s not a police officer. Usually only rhey get away with stuff like this.

    • Hillock@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      14
      ·
      1 year ago

      At this point in time, it doesn’t appear that he was justified in firing.”

      Maybe put the rest of the quote in there. And are you really mad at the police for doing their job of investigating what happened and following the principal of “Not Guilty Until Proven Guilty”.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        17
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        That doesn’t change the point of my opinion. Put the rest of it in there seeing as you prefer more information - the part where he shot a 10 year old. So he didn’t verify what or who he was shooting, and yet we have a public statement that that even considers it could have been justified? I’m all for presumed innocence, but when you whip out deadly force you’d better be damned sure what you’re planning on killing and the consequences for doing so, and I have little tolerance for failure to do so.

        /jordanlund has offered legal standards that would seem to make the shoot unjustifiable regardless of presumed innocence.

        E: words