r/worldnewsvideo • u/CantStopPoppin 🔍Sourcer📚 🍿 PopPop🍿 • Dec 03 '22

News Report 🌏 Family demands answers after Austin police shooting leaves man dead on his own porch

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u/quickjump Dec 03 '22

The police department apologized to the family saying they thought he was black.

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u/prollyshmokin Dec 04 '22

It's always been crazy to me that nonwhite Americans have actually been convinced they can own guns in this nation, even when it's obvious that in the moment you actually need one, you very likely wouldn't shoot at a cop (if you even have the chance) and they wouldn't hesitate to shoot you. Knowing that, what's the point?

I'd only ever want a gun for the whole tyranny aspect, but as a brown dude, what's a gun to a bunch of cops and government-sanctioned "rebels" knocking at my door that have branded me a terrorist or antifa sympathizer? To go out guns blazing? Idk, I guess that just seems kinda dumb to me - that is to say, specifically supporting gun ownership (as a nonwhite American) knowing who owns most of those guns and knowing they'll never really help like stronger social/mental illnesses programs, better healthcare programs and better education programs.

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u/SmartWonderWoman North America 🌎 Dec 04 '22

Well stated. Couldn’t agree with you more.

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u/imdatingurdadben Dec 04 '22

Wow, for once you weren’t downvoted for a truth that us BIPOC need to worry about.