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phillycheeez OP t1_jeaxsf5 wrote

Reply to comment by NorthernLitUp in Landlord-tenant officer shoots woman in head during eviction, police say by phillycheeez

Agreed, we don’t have the full story. That headline is crazy though. Pay your rent or get shot in the head!

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NorthernLitUp t1_jeay81i wrote

People don't get shot in the head for refusing to pay rent or leave a place they're being evicted from. If that's what actually happened, that would be a headline for sure, but the story suggests there was some type of altercation which left the landlord-tenant officer with injuries. The headline seems like a deliberate attempt to stir up anger before anyone knows what actually happened.

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CockercombeTuff t1_jeb2qvo wrote

It is definitely intentionally incendiary, but that's most media including the Inquirer. It wouldn't surprise me if the Inquirer wouldn't blink in rewriting the story to favor the officer under a certain set of circumstances, even if the important known details were entirely the same. That I don't have confidence in them (among many others) writing a dispassionate and just-the-facts news story is what frustrates me about them.

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Away_Swimming_5757 t1_jebiu6c wrote

Sensational take... The more accurate way to state it would be: Pay your rent or get evicted.

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phillycheeez OP t1_jebkm4s wrote

It wasn’t even a “take”, just a comment on the headline. You folks lit my ass up. I normally know when I’m going to get downvoted but definitely didn’t see it coming on this one.

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