# "Homicide"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide/707129>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 13, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide/707129 "2014-12-13T15:59:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide/707129/21 "2014-12-13T22:11:28Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> I already said all of that. Making headline hay out of a story by using a loaded and misunderstood word is sensationalism, and all of these cases have been sensationalized enough - possibly too much.

So what word would you use to indicate that the police had caused the death of a person in their custody?

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