“One-Year-Old Boy Killed After Officer Fires at Vehicle in Mississippi,” said the New York Times headline (6/16/26). So, a “one-year-old boy”—what most people would call a baby—was “killed after” a police officer fired at a vehicle, but there’s no verb you could use to connect those two things?
Noooo man…not Sweden 😦 Like…on one hand, it’s oddly comforting to know that it’s not just US cops that are absolutely racist bastards but on the other hand it’s just another nail in the coffin that holds my hope for humanity. Ugh.
There are ways to solve conflicts without state violence.