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MAGA Father kills his daughter over Trump (discuss.online)
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https://www.inquisitr.com/british-woman-shot-dead-by-maga-father-after-heated-donald-trump-debate

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

don’t think because they refused to press that there was no nonsense at foot

The argument presented by the Tweet varies enormously from the facts of the case. They didn't even get the fucking date right. She was shot in January of 2025, not 2026.

You're getting the internet gossip fifth hand while dismissing the legal decisions of this woman's friends and neighbors because... America bad?

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I agree that including a link to credible news sources is crucial. It’s also important to cite the facts as presented, then be clear when posting your own opinion or inserting misdirection such as “there were witnesses”.

Facts:

  • There was a heated argument prior to the shooting.
  • The shooter had implied, earlier in the day, that he would not care if the victim was assaulted because “I have other daughters”.
  • The victim disliked guns and had not asked to see the gun, despite the shooter’s claim to the contrary.
  • The victim was shot in the chest at medium range 15 seconds after she was pulled into a room with no witnesses.

Sources:

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

There was a heated argument prior to the shooting.

Is false right out of the gate.

Sam Littler, Lucy’s boyfriend, who was with her on the trip, told the inquest she had become upset earlier that day after having “quite a big argument” with her father about Trump, who was due to be inaugurated as president later that month.

Lucy had asked her father: “How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I’d been sexually assaulted?”

He responded that it would not upset him that much.

She was upset. He was cavalier.

He said his girlfriend’s father had spoken in the past about taking the gun out of the box and walking around with it “like James Bond”.

He treated his gun like a toy and his daughter paid for his childish attitude with her life. There's a story here, but nobody on Lemmy seems to want to read it. They want to believe this house became some kind of war zone. The biter truth is that he fucked up because he didn't take gun ownership seriously.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He treated his gun like a toy and his daughter paid for his childish attitude with her life.

That's not manslaughter?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Not according to the grand jury.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And we aren't allowed to question if the grand jury made a mistake? If so everything else being discussed is pointless.

Do you think the situation you are describing sounds like it might be manslaughter? Enough that it is worth while to have a trial and find out?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

And we aren’t allowed to question if the grand jury made a mistake?

You can do whatever you want. Speculate, guesstimate, do spirit fingers until you commune with the deceased.

Do you think the situation you are describing sounds like it might be manslaughter?

I'm not an attorney or a judge, so I'm not equipped to make this decision. Off the cuff, it feels like involuntary manslaughter. You'd have to ask the GJ why they decided otherwise.

But the social media posts and associated click-bait articles are describing it as capital murder. Nothing in the actual details of the case supports this.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

God forbid anyone disagree with a judicial ruling! Oh wait, that's our right as citizens of this country... This guy sounds like someone that would say "you should have just compiled".

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Your only defense is saying "The GJ decided not to."

Yes, we know. That is what people are complaining about.

Your posts literally read as "you can't complain that the GJ decided not to move forward because the GJ decided not to move forward."

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The tweet is wrong, yes, but there are dozens of articles coming out in the past 3 days that correctly date the killing.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -3 points 22 hours ago

There are dozens of articles reprinting the same events with increasingly click-bait geared headlines and takes.

Every iteration gets farther and farther away from the facts of the case.