stopthatgirl7 to World News@lemmy.ml • 9 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@Lazylazycat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•9 months agoYes! I didn’t realise “shot dead” wasn’t a phrase in US dialect until today.
minus-squareMrScottyTaylinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months 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
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