Why would the police say such a thing? The driver drove up to someone he didn’t know and shot him three times. Are the police trying to establish a defense for the thug?
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Yes... or at least it seems they said this to preempt any question that suggests it was a hate crime and take it off the table. The question is.... Now why would they do that?
The answer is.... To SERVE their politician masters and PROTECT their paychecks.