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Having a seizure? Let me taze you (lemmy.wtf)
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https://reason.com/2024/04/05/california-cops-tased-a-man-having-a-seizure-then-booked-him-on-bogus-charges-to-cover-their-mistake/

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[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago

Wild guess: the 911 operator hears the wife, assumes her race from her speech, and transmits the assumption of her race to the cops, who choose violence as if they ever choose anything else