Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday....
You will never, ever catch someone on the far right acknowledging this issue.
I had the police enter my home once unannounced about 10 or 11 years ago. They just started shining flashlight and walking into my apartment and announced themselves when they were already through the threshold. 2am, I’m bleary eyed with my partner there. I started screaming at them and luckily nothing happened (luckily = I’m a white dude and there was a whiten woman scared next to me).
But all I can think about is if I had drawn a gun because people were intruding in my home…well, I’d be dead probably.
For context I live in such a gun nut state that our state motto is “sportsman’s paradise” (hunting) and we just ended permits for concealed carry. Yup, you read that right. Folks can just walk around with concealed guns here now like it’s 1844.
My family immigrated to the UK from Poland when I was six. I’m 20 now, speak much better English than Polish and feel like this is my land/culture. However I have a Polish first and last name, Polish passport and “unique” accent everyone picks up on, so despite this I’m usually perceived as an outsider. It makes me...
Abortion rights amendment has 61% support, Florida Chamber poll says (floridapolitics.com)
Do you consider Lemmy/Reddit (and similar platforms) to be social media?
I had this discussion with a friend, and we really couldn’t reach a consensus....
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them (kotaku.com)
I am a trans man incarcerated in a woman’s prison where feminism is a four-letter word (www.lgbtqnation.com)
South Carolina will soon ban gender-affirming & out trans kids to their parents (www.lgbtqnation.com)
FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole (arstechnica.com)
Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024 (twistedvoxel.com)
We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.
Haley won 1 in 5 Indiana Republican voters in the presidential primary. She left the race in March (apnews.com)
Gambling can be Deception vs Insight, or Sleight of Hand vs Perception... or raw INT, or Strength (if it's arm wrestling) or Intimidate or- (ttrpg.network)
This comic follows on from the Previous comic which might help provide context....
Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says (apnews.com)
Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday....
In today's earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson says he has been playing the next Battlefield game with the development team and it will be a "tremendous live service." (twitter.com)
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Will I ever be seen as truly British?
My family immigrated to the UK from Poland when I was six. I’m 20 now, speak much better English than Polish and feel like this is my land/culture. However I have a Polish first and last name, Polish passport and “unique” accent everyone picks up on, so despite this I’m usually perceived as an outsider. It makes me...
Denuvo Outage Makes Hit Single-Player Game Unplayable [Persona 5] (gamerant.com)