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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

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[-] kartonrealista@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ha ha very funny. Except this is grammatically correct and not ambiguous. It would work with your joke interpretation if it said "who shot dead, unarmed, black man"

This is absolutely ambiguous diction.

“…who shot and killed unarmed black man…” would have been substantially more specific and readable without potential confusion.

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 year ago

In school you learn to keep titles short. You added a lot of filler words that can ruin the headline on apps that cut them off, or printed media.

Shot dead is correct.

[-] DarkDreamer13@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"fatally shot" is the same amount of words and less confusing

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