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Cops who went to snowball fight launch manhunt for people who threw snowballs at them (metro.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[+] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca -7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Devil's advocate:

Was it snowballs, or was it ice chunks?

There is a huge difference between the two. The article states snowball, but it's not impossible it was actually ice chunks, which would constitute assault. Ice is basically a rock.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

See I had the same thought, its entirely possible that some people packed some extra hard snowballs and really put some heat on them just because they were cops.

There is a line, its possible that line was crossed.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

There's video of it. Clearly it's snowballs.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If you think you have a point to make, don't couch it in "devil's advocate" bullshit. There were indeed huge chunks of ice being thrown. Blood were drawn. The cops are still the bastards in this situation, and I pray that nobody gets convicted

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social -1 points 2 weeks ago

Devil’s advocate:

Stop.

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