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"At some point, shots were fired." Week 18 police killings
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"At some point, shots were fired." Week 18 police killings

The passive language reporters use assumes the police are always in the right — and pushes that assumption on readers.

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Justin Glawe
May 04, 2021
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It’s always interesting to see what information police will release after they shoot or kill someone. It’s almost never the name of the person shot or killed. And it’s almost always something that leads the reader to assume that the police were in the right. Additionally, the passive language used by reporters in describing these events also provides th…

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