E-bike rider killed in collision with police car

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• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Any tips?

  Do your crimes in a car. That’s literally all there is to it.

  It’s fun to blame police for things, but this is a rare case where it’s not warranted. Because motornormativity is a stronger force than cops’ bastardry.

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• maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    FYI, that’s not a meme. I googled NSW police recruitment for you, hit the Images tab and it was there.

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• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Journalists don’t use passive voice to take away blame from the police, but because this is a story about the e-bike rider. In active voice, this would read “Police kill e-bike rider in collision”, which takes the focus away from the victim and shifts it onto the police. Is that better?

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  • guillem@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Adding that the passive voice is still used if the victim is a cop. Examples from the same outlet:

    • Officer shot dead
    • Officer killed
    • Officer killed

    Language can be misused but I don’t think it’s the case here. And I guess using the active voice in traffic accidents before they are investigated would need unnecessary sprinkling of “allegedly”.

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      in traffic accidents

      Don’t call it an accident.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Journalists don’t use passive voice to take away blame from the police

    That’s right. They do it to take away blame from drivers.

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And the council/government.

      “Lack of suitable bike infrastructure and community education sees another cyclist killed by car in easily preventable situation.”

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  • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No they do it to avoid being sued by litigious gangs full of murderous thugs.

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  • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes.

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• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The big take-away from this article for me is that police vehicles in NSW don’t all have dashcams. I just thought those had been standard issue for at least 10 years.

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