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Or one of my favorites, "was hit by a car". While true in the strict physical sense, that’s like reporting that someone was "shot by a gun".


"killed by an officer's duty weapon" or "died in an officer-involved shooting" are the ways police departments tend to put it.


Maybe it's an effort to be more polite than "by some prick who can't drive".

I suppose there's at least one example of someone being hit by a car that slipped off a car transporter too. "Had car thrown at him by negligent shipping company" would be a more click worthy headline though




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