WASHINGTON (AP) — A man rammed a car into two Capitol Police officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol on Friday afternoon before being shot to death by authorities when he got out of the...
Authorities shot the suspect, who died at a hospital.
Damn, they forgot to use the passive voice. AP style guides mandate that deaths related to an incident where an individual is engaged with an officer be referred to as the individual being struck by a projectile as a result of a weapons discharge.
How dare they suggest that a cop would ever shoot and kill someone???
Damn, they forgot to use the passive voice. AP style guides mandate that deaths related to an incident where an individual is engaged with an officer be referred to as the individual being struck by a projectile as a result of a weapons discharge.
How dare they suggest that a cop would ever shoot and kill someone???
It's about sending a message.