ATF Goes On Tour To Teach Journalists That Cops Are Usually Right When They Kill Someone
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211024/13164147811/atf-goes-tour-to-teach-journalists-that-cops-are-usually-right-when-they-kill-someone.shtml
The ATF (the accepted not-actually-an-acronym for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) is back on its periodic charm offensive. This time the charm seems a bit more forced, as citizens and governments all over the nation are aggressively questioning force use by law enforcement officers.
The murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin prompted nationwide protests targeting police violence. In apparent response to this public reckoning, the ATF has been inviting members of the press to try out its VR shoot-a-thon in hopes of convincing them (and the public reading these reports) that most killings are justified.