Orwellian

[poliphilo]

Some politician was saying we've got the terminology wrong.

We shouldn't say "shoot to kill"; we should say "shoot to protect".

Of course, that makes all the difference.

Now lets think of a nice way of saying "innocent man with five bullets in his head."

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[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Now let's think of a nice way of saying "innocent man with five bullets in his head."

That'd be "brown-skinned man living in the same block of flats as someone we are suspicious of", wouldn't it?

We've talked about this all weekend, and as long as the police had reason to think they might be dealing with a suicide bomber, you can see why they reacted as they did; but when you learn how little reason they did have - well, it's hard not to conclude they shot a man for having the wrong colour skin, isn't it?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Hard questions need to be asked.

Like what evidence did they have?

And why wasn't he challenged earlier?

And yes, I think race comes into it.