[resonantjacket5]

While I understand your concern, the entire point of database is to highlight police misconduct in the first place, and highlighting that many of these deaths were unnecessary.

I mean otherwise we'd call lynching's back in the 1900's "alleged murders" since most of them also didn't have murder convictions nor murder charges.

Though I guess they could use "manslaughter" instead?

[Bartweiss]

I mean, most newspapers would call lynchings today "alleged murders". The print-news standard still says alleged with witnesses, video, and a confession - until the conviction comes down, the crime is alleged.

That, I guess, was my question. Print journalism applies this rule even when taking moral stances; what's the standard here?