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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I said nothing about ACAB, I questioned why this one singular case, out of over a thousand a year, gets national coverage when the others don't.

It was a rhetorical question really because the answer is sociopathic leaders are exploiting her death in an attempt to garner public goodwill via copaganda. And people spilling out faux grief can't help but push it along.

Instead of thoughts and prayers perhaps the police could push for increased public transport and reduced usage of private transport, due to their up close experience of the death and destruction it causes. But no, why would they do that when they can get faux grief from people and keep doing what they do every day regardless of the number of deaths due to it?