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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by brvsft on Friday October 20, 2023 @10:59AM (#37957042)
Most likely because these were captions on the cops' bodycam footage, so viewers who watched it probably did not get any impression that he was claiming to be literally raped.
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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by mcpackieh on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:09AM (#37957206)
"raped by the NPD all night" seems to clearly reference (evidently fictitious) off-camera events.
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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by Tostino on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:31AM (#37957520)
I don't think you are reading that the same way most others here would.
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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by Hizonner on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:45AM (#37957748)
Yeah, no. In the context, it's an obvious hyperbolic metaphor. Nobody was meant to believe that it referred to real rape, no reasonable viewer would have believed that, and most likely nobody did believe that.
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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by mcpackieh on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:57AM (#37957888)
HN user strathmeyer seems to believe it.
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