I’m not seeing any mainstream media coverage. They’re trying to pass this off as a suicide.

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    16 hours ago

    I think they were joking about that

    Nah, there’s a pile of misinformation circulating on social media claiming that the deceased had broken arms / legs / bruises / etc.

    People unthinkingly gobble it up because it fits their world view. Farther down in the comments here you can find people already claiming that it’s a cover-up / conspiracy because the Coroner’s Statement (he’s black BTW) doesn’t jive with what they want to believe.

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      9 hours ago

      Maybe but let’s wait for a reliable source before citing somethong transparently aligned, unqualified to know what a defensive wound looks like, and known for lying-like a coroner.

      I genuinely cannot think of a less reliable source.

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      15 hours ago

      The comment you are referring to is unedited and ends with a /s Commonly used as a tag for sarcasm in case they thought someone may mistake it for being serious.