A teenager was shot and killed by a police officer responding to a residence in Nebraska to conduct a welfare check, state police said.

A teenager was shot and killed by a police officer responding to a residence in Nebraska to conduct a welfare check, state police said.

  • @[email protected]
    10•9 months ago

    “There is no active threat to the community, Columbus police said.” Except the Columbus police.

  • originalucifer
    9•9 months ago

    if this ‘officer’ had not been lethally armed for a fucking welfare check, this kid would still be alive.

  • snooggums
    5•9 months ago

    “The Columbus Police Department was conducting a welfare check on a subject following a report of potential self-harm,” Nebraska State Patrol said in a press release.

    “We made sure that the subject did not chicken out of his threat.”

  • Lath
    4•9 months ago

    In China, attempted suicide is punishable by death if found guilty. In USA, they skip the trial.

  • Xariphon
    3•9 months ago

    This is why you don’t call the fucking cops. ACAB

  • @[email protected]
    1•9 months ago

    “we have successfully confirmed that the state of this person’s welfare is no longer a need for concern”