A VERY silly phrase in a news story-'Shoot to startle.'
A story about a police officer shooting a drunk that attacked him with a flag pole had this paragraph:
I hesitate to bring this up because the paragraph doesn't really read correctly. I mean I can't figure out of they are quoting someone, if so who, or if they are stating a fact about the police in that town. If they are stating a fact the reporter needs to attribute it to someone I think.
Anyway, 'shoot to startle'. A new tactic or the dumbest thing in the news in quite a while?
A link to the entire article but I wouldn't be surprised to find that paragraph rewritten soon.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vi...man-wielding-a-flagpole/ar-BBl8SbF?srcref=rss
A story about a police officer shooting a drunk that attacked him with a flag pole had this paragraph:
A makeshift memorial for #DengManyoun outside Smoker's Smoke Shop. Per @jeredowns: pic.twitter.com/FkuWbaRUvz #Louisville #BlackLivesMatter
Officers are trained to shoot to startle if they felt it was necessary. He ended #DengManyoun life over a flag pole. #Louisville
Ashley Belcher, an activist with the group Ferguson to Louisville, told the Courier-Journal that her group was demanding that police release video footage of the shooting immediately.
I hesitate to bring this up because the paragraph doesn't really read correctly. I mean I can't figure out of they are quoting someone, if so who, or if they are stating a fact about the police in that town. If they are stating a fact the reporter needs to attribute it to someone I think.
Anyway, 'shoot to startle'. A new tactic or the dumbest thing in the news in quite a while?
A link to the entire article but I wouldn't be surprised to find that paragraph rewritten soon.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vi...man-wielding-a-flagpole/ar-BBl8SbF?srcref=rss