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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

"who shot an unarmed black man dead"

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That just sounds weird to me

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

weirder than "shot dead unarmed man"?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! I didn't realise "shot dead" wasn't a phrase in US dialect until today.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, definitely. I think this is more of a UK vs US thing. I'm from the UK so it sounds much more normal for a headline

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