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ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days ago

'I was exercising at the park - the next thing I knew snipers were aiming at me'

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'I was exercising at the park - the next thing I knew snipers were aiming at me'

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ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days ago
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EXCLUSIVE: The man who found himself at the centre of a major armed police response as he exercised in a 'gym vest' at a Salford park has spoken of the moment he heard cops shout 'shoot him if he moves'
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    “If WE bAn GunS ThE pOlIcE Won’T hAvE aN eXcUsE tO oVeRrEaCt.”

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      But he wasn’t shot but then he wasn’t Black either. So there’s that.

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      In fairness nobody was shot which is a stark difference to the usa

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        Nobody was shot this time

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        Oh I know, I’m not denying the enormous gun violence problem, it’s just very frustrating when people naïvely pretend that we would love in a world of rainbows and sunshine and no police violence without widespread firearm ownership.

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