stopthatgirl7 to World News@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoLondon Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murderwww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down19file-text
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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
minus-square@Wildf1re@lemm.eelinkfedilink17•10 months agoThis is England not America, so the title makes sense. It is written in English, not simplified English.
minus-square@PiousAgnostic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•10 months agoIt makes total sense in America. Here we would have shot him before he was dead though.
minus-square@theragu40@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-29 months agoIf a headline can be interpreted in multiple ways because the word choice makes it vague it is the headline that is the problem, not the reader. This is solved by choosing more precise language. “Cop who fatally shot unarmed black man” is just as concise but is also unambiguous. Let’s not let our desire to make fun of Americans get in the way of doing things properly.
This is England not America, so the title makes sense. It is written in English, not simplified English.
It makes total sense in America. Here we would have shot him before he was dead though.
If a headline can be interpreted in multiple ways because the word choice makes it vague it is the headline that is the problem, not the reader.
This is solved by choosing more precise language. “Cop who fatally shot unarmed black man” is just as concise but is also unambiguous.
Let’s not let our desire to make fun of Americans get in the way of doing things properly.
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