stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLondon Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murderwww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1370arrow-down1external-linkLondon Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murderwww.vice.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year ago“who shot an unarmed black man dead”
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat just sounds weird to me
minus-squarenudny ekscentryklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoweirder than “shot dead unarmed man”?
minus-squareLazylazycat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYes! I didn’t realise “shot dead” wasn’t a phrase in US dialect until today.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, definitely. I think this is more of a UK vs US thing. I’m from the UK so it sounds much more normal for a headline
“who shot an unarmed black man dead”
That just sounds weird to me
weirder than “shot dead unarmed man”?
Yes! I didn’t realise “shot dead” wasn’t a phrase in US dialect until today.
Yeah, definitely. I think this is more of a UK vs US thing. I’m from the UK so it sounds much more normal for a headline