World News

32348 readers

415 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

387

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

84 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

weirder than "shot dead unarmed man"?

[–] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 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