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by beaner 1704 days ago
Further, according to a DC metropolitan police report, the killing was unnecessary and unjustified:

https://securitystudies.org/report-shows-babbitt-not-a-deadl...

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> Further, according to a DC metropolitan police report, the killing was unnecessary and unjustified

Incorrect. The report does not conclude that. A political advocacy site dedicated to “defending the value of American power against the true threats we face” concludes that “based on” the report, which is, very much, not the same thing.

According to the DOJ, the shooting was justified

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/department-justice-closes...

Guess it depends on your own reason and interpretation then, and we all have an excuse to fall back to our existing biases and pre-chosen sides.