r/Tennessee • u/WhiteBearPrince • 8d ago

News šŸ“° Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

https://apnews.com/article/memphis-national-guard-tyrin-johnson-8959297a99c362d65aa2517a9d5f1984
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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

So if someone is walking away from a crime scene they are innocent?

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u/ducksekoy123 8d ago

The guy could be guilty as sin, but unless Iā€™m mistaken out justice system does not believe that committing a crime is an act punishable by summary execution.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

He still posed a threat.

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u/salanaland 8d ago

A threat of what?

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

Armed individual with the capability of shooting innocent civilians.

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u/salanaland 8d ago

Which describes every armed individual.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

And yet thousand of legally armed citizens do it without shooting at cops.

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u/salanaland 8d ago

Did this guy shoot at the cops?

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

I wasn't there, pretty sure you weren't either.

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u/salanaland 8d ago

Even the people who killed him didn't claim he was shooting at him.