I’m not seeing any mainstream media coverage. They’re trying to pass this off as a suicide.

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    I think they were joking about that

    Nah, there’s a pile of misinformation circulating on social media claiming that the deceased had broken arms / legs / bruises / etc.

    People unthinkingly gobble it up because it fits their world view. Farther down in the comments here you can find people already claiming that it’s a cover-up / conspiracy because the Coroner’s Statement (he’s black BTW) doesn’t jive with what they want to believe.

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      I really wish more people learned the lesson from Columbine where the media narrative from the start and the eventual FBI psych profile were at extreme odds with each other. Many crimes fit this mold where our initial impression is not what actually happened.

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      The comment you are referring to is unedited and ends with a /s Commonly used as a tag for sarcasm in case they thought someone may mistake it for being serious.

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      Maybe but let’s wait for a reliable source before citing somethong transparently aligned, unqualified to know what a defensive wound looks like, and known for lying-like a coroner.

      I genuinely cannot think of a less reliable source.