A teenager was shot and killed by a police officer responding to a residence in Nebraska to conduct a welfare check, state police said.

A teenager was shot and killed by a police officer responding to a residence in Nebraska to conduct a welfare check, state police said.

  • @brightandshinyobject
    19•5 months ago

    “There is no active threat to the community, Columbus police said.” Except the Columbus police.

  • originalucifer
    17•5 months ago

    if this ‘officer’ had not been lethally armed for a fucking welfare check, this kid would still be alive.

  • Lath
    14•5 months ago

    In China, attempted suicide is punishable by death if found guilty. In USA, they skip the trial.

  • snooggums
    11•5 months ago

    “The Columbus Police Department was conducting a welfare check on a subject following a report of potential self-harm,” Nebraska State Patrol said in a press release.

    “We made sure that the subject did not chicken out of his threat.”

  • Xariphon
    6•5 months ago

    This is why you don’t call the fucking cops. ACAB

  • @Syringe
    4•5 months ago

    “we have successfully confirmed that the state of this person’s welfare is no longer a need for concern”

  • @doingless
    3•5 months ago

    There’s no bad situation you can’t make worse by calling the police.