London Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murder
London Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murder
Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
What a confusing headline. The cop did not, in fact, shoot a dead man. He shot a live man, killing him.
Same headline with fixed grammar:
London Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Dead Charged With Murder
The headline is grammatically correct and only confusing if you're not super familiar with the phrase "shot dead".
It would be clearer just by saying "shot and killed".
He shot them dead. It’s a figure of speech, meaning the shot was fatal. So the headline is fine. He shot dead a cat. He shot dead an old lady. He shot dead a black kid.
The headline is technically grammatically correct but ambiguous. "...shot and killed unarmed black man" would have been better. If you absolutely need to stick to word/character count, "shot unarmed black man dead" would be less ambiguous and more in keeping with how people actually use "shot dead". I've watched a lot of westerns and I can think of quite a few where someone says "I shot him dead" but not one where someone says "I shot dead him".
Or just leave out “dead” entirely—it’s already implied by the murder charge.
For a secon thrre I thigh he shot a walking dead man and was wondering why he was going to jail
No, it would need a comma to convey that meaning:
"London Cop Who Shot Dead, Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murder"
"Shot dead" is a common phrase in original English.
This whole article has a few confusing points, and the article never clarifies them. So the vehicle is confirmed to be involved with a shooting the day before. The vehicle does not belong to the rapper, but was driving it. How did the rapper acquire the vehicle? Was he actually involved in the shooting the day before or not? Did someone he knows give it to him? Lots of questions, bad article.
Imagine consequences for public servants
Good. It is what he deserves.
Technically, it's part of figuring out what he deserves
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Are racially motivated police violence common in the UK? I know they're very common in the US, but I'm unsure about what happens in other places.
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Okay, I'm really confused by this. He did not own the vehicle, but this was a vehicle used in a crime the day before. How did the rapper end up driving the suspected car???
Why does it matter relative to the cop murdering this man?
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The headline is confusing because it had to stretch really far to not say that the cop murdered the guy.
It literally states that the cop shot the guy dead, I don't really see any stretches
That it was murder is not yet proved.
the headline is absolutely correct. He has killed a black Man and is charged with murder. He is however not yet convicted of murdering the other guy.