“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?

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    2 days ago

    Look, I’m assuming it’s the kid in the picture, and in addition to being no angel, I think we can agree he looks plenty old to be tried as an adult, thus extrajudicially murdering him is probably fine.