He said there would be an increased police presence at the shopping centre and more patrols over the coming days.
Why? Are they expecting this random kid already in custody to go back and commit more? Did the security get around to stopping it last time? Will the increased presence last forever or just long enough for the public to forget? because it’s clearly not there to stop the person already in custody.
Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Side note: it really irks me that almost every ABC article has “allegedly” somewhere in the title.
I get they’re all paranoid about being sued, but this isn’t alleged, a kid was ACTUALLY stabbed. That can’t be disputed, and you can’t be sued for defamation for claiming that something that actually happened, happened.
For some people it’s “POV:”. For me it’s “allegedly this situation that very obviously happened, happened”.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 months ago
They must have heard you because the headline on the article page is now “Boy, 16, fatally stabbed at shopping centre in Melbourne’s west”
Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Thanks z! I’ve updated the title
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Not in the title, but “allege” and it’s variants are used eight times in the article.
Cypher@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It is journalistic good practice, and not merely fear of defamation suits.
Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Negative, it is poor journalistic practice.
Duenan@aussie.zone 8 months ago
For legal reasons they have to use alleged until court proceedings make a judgement officially or it becomes defamatory.
Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
How is it defamatory? It’s not defamatory. It doesn’t accuse a specific person of stabbing anyone, and a situation can’t be defamation. Unless shopping centres or suburbs can sue for defamation, in which case, they still couldn’t, because it objectively happened.