• Skua@kbin.earth
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    9 days ago

    I mean yeah, they probably would. The words have specific connotations; murder is not just killing, it’s unlawful or unjust killing. This is like the opposite to when police shoot someone dead at a traffic stop and the headline is “black man passes away after interaction with police”

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      8 days ago

      I’d argue that KIA implies that they were on the front lines, but once again that’s semantics.

      I think the vast majority understands the meaning of the headline and aren’t overly concerned with the dictionary definition of murder.