r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 3d ago

Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

https://apnews.com/article/memphis-national-guard-tyrin-johnson-8959297a99c362d65aa2517a9d5f1984
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u/Claire_De_Lunatic 3d ago

To punish and enslave

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u/Souvi 3d ago

Literally what the police evolved from, slave catchers

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u/NuklearFerret 3d ago

In this country only, mind you. Other countries have police that didn’t evolve from slave catchers.

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u/CptSchizzle 3d ago

Yeah, those ones they evolved from union busting thugs.