• someguy3Banned from community
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    2 years ago

    began firing several shots that sounded like compressed-air.

    EPD said that the weapon was a “splatter ball gun.”

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community
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      2 years ago

      OK…? And cops shoot black teenagers for holding cans of Arizona Iced Tea, claiming they thought it was a firearm.

      This dude had a literal replica of a firearm. He brandished it like a firearm, and threatened peaceful protestors. Whether or not the gun was real isn’t super relevant at this point.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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      Any bystander would have been justified in lighting that dude up the second that gun was visible. For example, if the camera was a gun it’d be privileged self defense and defense of others.

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      I googled “splatter ball gun” and everything looked like a toy. This looked either like a real firearm, a replica or a replica airsoft gun. Either way, it looks real without a close inspection.