malloc@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMan is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activatedapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1750
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minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up68·5 days agoMurdered is the technical term for what happened.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoCold-blooded murder is the writer’s term for it.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoState-sanctioned murder is also called execution. Both terms fit.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours ago“Execution” really sanitizes it, though since we live in a capital punishment nation.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoI also don’t think execution / capital punishment should be regarded with less distaste, but that’s probably a contentious opinion in many places
Murdered is the technical term for what happened.
Cold-blooded murder is the writer’s term for it.
State-sanctioned murder is also called execution. Both terms fit.
“Execution” really sanitizes it, though since we live in a capital punishment nation.
I also don’t think execution / capital punishment should be regarded with less distaste, but that’s probably a contentious opinion in many places