Dramatic footage shows a man, wearing a light blue shirt and black pants, crouching behind a parked vehicle near one of the Bondi Beach gunmen before disarming him during the terror attack.
Dramatic footage shows a man, wearing a light blue shirt and black pants, crouching behind a parked vehicle near one of the Bondi Beach gunmen before disarming him during the terror attack.
23 Comments
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 243d
Why is hero in quotes?
macarthur_park@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 243d
I’m guessing because it was a quote from the NSW Premier who praised the guy. Putting it in quotes makes it clear the news outlet isn’t labeling him a hero (which would be editorializing) and is instead quoting someone else (news reporting).
It feels a little silly in this situation where any reasonable person would label the guy a hero, but it is standard journalistic practice.
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org · 9 pts · 243d
Direct quotes get put into.. quotes.
teslasaur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 243d
Ask abc. It was taken from the title, but it seems to have been changed.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 243d
Who's taking the pictures?
SirMaple__@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 243d
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz · -31 pts · 243d
First of all the civilian is a hero; but assuming I had the balls to disarm him and knew how to operate his gun (and it wasn't out of rounds), why wouldn't you shoot the guy?
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 63 pts · 243d
Most normal people have a hard time taking another human life.
lemmylommy@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 243d
Besides, he could be mistaken for one of the gunmen if he started shooting.
gdog05@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 243d
He was disarmed at that point with a gun on him. Maybe the bystander didn't want to become a murderer himself.
blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 243d
Because some people aren’t fucking murderers and prefer to see this guy get what’s coming to him through the bounds of the law?
Everything is not a western.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 18 pts · 243d
Lots of reasons. A counter question would be, except out of rage and adrenaline, why would you shoot him?
Steve@startrek.website · 0 pts · 243d
Because he may still be armed? You know that he was willing to kill 5 seconds ago and no idea what other weapons he has
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 22 pts · 243d
"Just in case" doesn't seem great justification. Keep his gun, keep it on him. That doesn't mean you have to pull the trigger because of potentials. Granted, I didn't go to American police school, so maybe this is wrong...
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 243d
100% do not keep his gun unless you want to get shot by a cop who doesn't know the situation and might shoot before understanding who is who because he thinks he is saving a civilian who is about to be executed.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 2 pts · 243d
There is that point. How are AU police in deescalation?
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 243d
Duh
DougHolland@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 243d
Sounds like cop logic — whatever leads to pulling a trigger.
Steve@startrek.website · 2 pts · 243d
Well, I am american.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 6 pts · 243d
Self defence laws don’t protect you in this situation
skeezix@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 243d
Americans here will have a hard time understanding that.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 243d
Because this happens more than once a day in the US.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 243d
Because he wanted the killing to stop. I know you watched this on a screen, but this isn't TV.
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 243d
Because they're disarmed and being detained at gunpoint? Unless they're still a threat, it's not really legal (in most places) or particularly moral to summarily execute a disarmed criminal.