[MeganC]

NBC News kept calling it a “neck injury”.

Liars.

[MNDude]

I wish I hadn’t read this headline. :(

[Mr. Douglas]

NBC News kept calling it a “neck injury”.

Liars.

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They were telling the truth. He injured his neck. This led to his head separating from his body, followed almost instantly by death.

;-)

[dangus]

May not have lied. IIRC, oddly enough, “decapitation” doesn’t necessarily mean someone’s head came off: simply popping the neck vertebrae apart is referred to as some sort of decapitation medically.

[Buckeye McFrog]

NBC News kept calling it a “neck injury”.

Good one. I bet they'll be using that in ISIS occupied Syria too.

[Boogieman]

Well, technically decapitation IS a neck injury. So not lying, just being “diplomatic” I’d say...

[Lower Deck]

Liars.

Decapitation would fall under a broad category of neck injury I suppose.

[ican'tbelieveit]

They are just protecting our sensitivities...

No problem butchering unborn children in the womb - just call it abortion and fetal tissue (like skin tissue, or cancer tissue).

No problem with terrorism, just call it mental illness or workplace violence.

[zerosix]

They aren't liars here but is less graphic at least to save the sensibilities of both our communities' children and the family!

This family has three other children, two younger than ten!

[PAR35]

What part of the body do you think generally gets injured in a decapitation?

[lastchance]

For once I have to admire them for their restraint. Somethings really are not the public’s business. Especially in the hours after when those close to the boy are still finding out and reeling from his death.