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.

  • originalucifer
    10•5 months ago

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

  • snooggums
    6•5 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•5 months ago

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

  • Xariphon
    4•5 months ago

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

  • @Syringe@lemmy.world
    1•5 months ago

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