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Police execute man in Madison WI (www.channel3000.com)
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[–] lepthesr@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

An officer basically executed a person 4 on 1. Apparently there was a knife? I didn't see anything to suggest that, which should have drawn officers back.

Instead someone gets it in the head after they said they were going for taser. I don't buy that.

[–] robear@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You see them throw a knife to the side when they're handcuffing his body.

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I couldn't see anything in the video. It was so tiny