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
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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryklinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year ago“shot dead” is a phrasel verb, therefore it can (I would argue in this particular context it should) be split: shot (whom?) dead. I shot him dead He shot his wife dead Cop shot unarmed black man dead (including press-specific omitting of articles because English is stupid)
“shot dead” is a phrasel verb, therefore it can (I would argue in this particular context it should) be split:
shot (whom?) dead.
I shot him dead
He shot his wife dead
Cop shot unarmed black man dead (including press-specific omitting of articles because English is stupid)