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Criminal defense attorney | Social activist | Documentary filmmaker | Movement strategist | Foundation director

Apr 20, 2021, 9 tweets

1. I’m going to start a thread as a way of documenting the use of the repulsive euphemism “officer involved shooting” as a way of documenting its use and shaming the reporters and news outlets that use it.

2. In April 2021 @WKBN, ostensibly a news outlet, used the euphemism “officer-involved shooting.”

3. In April 2021 @KOINNews, ostensibly a news outlet, used the euphemism “officer-involved shooting.” koin.com/news/crime/sus…

4. In April 2021 @LaceyCrisp, ostensibly a reporter, used the euphemism “officer-involved shooting.”

5. In April 2021, The Columbus Dispatch, ostensibly a newspaper, used the term “officer involved” shooting. dispatch.com/story/news/cri…

6. In April 2021 @alexiswsyx6 @wsyx6 ostensibly a reporter, used the term “officer-involved shooting.”

7. In April 2021 #WCMH @nbc4i ostensibly a news outlet, used the euphemism “officer-involved shooting.” nbc4i.com/news/local-new…

8. In April 2021, @jmuhammadtv, ostensibly a reporter, used the euphemism “police involved shooting.”

9. In April 2021 @danpearlman, ostensibly a reporter, used the euphemism “officer involved shooting.”

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