Police lawyer questions testimony about racial stereotypes at inquest into teen’s fatal shooting https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/04/29/police-lawyer-questions-testimony-about-racial-stereotypes-at-inquest-into-teens-fatal-shooting
"Hudson died in April 2020 after leading police on a high-speed pursuit following a liquor store robbery. She was behind the wheel of a stolen Jeep when she crashed on Lagimodiere Boulevard.
An officer fired two bullets at her when the Jeep began to reverse as police approached on foot[...]"
It seems to me you'd have to be incredibly racist to think the reason she got shot was her race and not because she lead the police on a high speed pursuit following a liquor store robbery in a stolen jeep, then began to reverse as police approached on foot.
If I did that and I got shot, I'd be going "Yeah, that tracks" as I went down, not "it's cause I'm 1/256th Philippino, isn't it?"
An officer fired two bullets at her when the Jeep began to reverse as police approached on foot[...]"
It seems to me you'd have to be incredibly racist to think the reason she got shot was her race and not because she lead the police on a high speed pursuit following a liquor store robbery in a stolen jeep, then began to reverse as police approached on foot.
If I did that and I got shot, I'd be going "Yeah, that tracks" as I went down, not "it's cause I'm 1/256th Philippino, isn't it?"
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