One of my pet peeves. (Reply #17) - Democratic Underground

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:21 AM

17. One of my pet peeves.

If a guy is shot 5 times in the back it’s not an alleged murder.

I get it, if they have a suspect, the suspect is the alleged murderer. It drives me nuts when they add alleged where not needed.

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27 replies	Author	Time	Post
POSSIBLE hate crime? Please. [View all]	EffieBlack	Jan 2019	OP
They threw bleach on him	Jarqui	Jan 2019	#1
We need to stop calling it a hate crime, and start calling it terrorism.	Initech	Jan 2019	#11
DITTO!	BigmanPigman	Jan 2019	#15
Definitely terrorism. If that can happen to a celeb in Chicago,	ecstatic	Jan 2019	#21
It sounds like they were laying in wait for him	EffieBlack	Jan 2019	#12
OMG.	sheshe2	Jan 2019	#2
its legalize..	912gdm	Jan 2019	#3
They don't say "possible assaut" or "possible murder" or "possible rape"	EffieBlack	Jan 2019	#13
actually a lot of times they do.	912gdm	Jan 2019	#16
One of my pet peeves.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jan 2019	#17
No. You're comparing apples and oranges.	EffieBlack	Jan 2019	#18
lets just agree this was heinous	912gdm	Jan 2019	#20
Agreed	EffieBlack	Jan 2019	#22
sweet....	912gdm	Jan 2019	#23
It would be legalese to refer to "alleged" perpetrators. But they don't refer to possible crimes	pnwmom	Jan 2019	#26
It is a absolute hate crime .....	CatMor	Jan 2019	#4
Logic	gunsmoker	Jan 2019	#5
I usually don't mind when cops don't rush to judgement, but gather facts first.	greyl	Jan 2019	#6
Yes - I could live with "apparent "	EffieBlack	Jan 2019	#14
I'm sure the word possible will be omitted shortly ...and if not then that's when we go ham. nt	UniteFightBack	Jan 2019	#7
It was absolutely a hate crime, with an added dose of full MAGA.	Initech	Jan 2019	#8
Ding, ding!	ProudLib72	Jan 2019	#9
Yeah because they own the narrative and they can destroy anyone they want.	Initech	Jan 2019	#10
I hope the police find the effing racist homophobic MAGA-maggot cowards	MLAA	Jan 2019	#19
Chicago has lots of CCTV -- fingers crossed the bastards are caught.	iluvtennis	Jan 2019	#24
Maxine Waters tweets she is dedicated to finding the culprits	iluvtennis	Jan 2019	#25
that word--"possible"--drove me crazy every time i heard it on the news today	orleans	Jan 2019	#27

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