“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

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    9 months ago

    Why did this distinction was made in the first place? Do cops in Kentucky have a habit of gunning down homeless people?

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      9 months ago

      No, it’s so ordinary people like you and me can do it. Guess they were jealous the police were having all the fun.

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      Cops have always had a habit of killing the homeless. Also they have a habit of killing the homed. Thanks to qualified immunity in the USA, a cop just has to feel threatened, not actually be threatened, to justify the use of deadly force.

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        The worst part is that in the rare cases that the cops might possibly be held accountable beyond qualified immunity, juries also like to give them a pass because they l can relate more to a sad cop’s excuse of being afraid more than some corpse that can’t speak for themselves.